2003, ISBN: 1586481843

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[EAN: 9781586481841], [PU: NY. 2003. Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group], Jacket, big thick grey & black hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781586481841], [PU: NY. 2003. Public Affairs / Perseus Book Group], Jacket, big thick grey & black hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very heavy, priority or international shipping will cost extra. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). ix+1280p + publisher's statement. glossy b&w photo illustrations. notes. bibliography. index. biography. american history. politics. world history. world war ii. ~ In this magisterial biography, Conrad Black makes a compelling case for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as the most important figure of the twentieth century, the nation's most accomplished leader since Abraham Lincoln, and one of America's greatest presidents. FDR transformed an isolated and isolationist country into the most formidable superpower the world has ever known. He was both the savior of American capitalism, in peril from its own excesses and the competing systems of Communism and Fascism, and the foremost reformer in the nation's history. And it was Roosevelt's bravery and remarkable leadership skills that brought America into the world's conflicts at mid~century as, in Winston Churchill's words, "the greatest champion of freedom who has ever brought help and comfort from the New World to the Old." It is Black's contention that the second half of the twentieth century was so much more successful than the first because Roosevelt permanently engaged America and Europe in the Far East. How could this man, whose political life nearly ended with an illness at age thirty~nine, have accomplished so much as a politician, war leader, strategist, and global visionary? The sheer scope of FDR's life and achievements has deterred many historians and biogaphers from attempting a comprehensive biography. Additionally, FDR's remarkable personality was terribly difficult to decode ~ leading famously to comparisons with the similarly unmovable, and unknowable, Sphinx. Conrad Black has risen to the challenge. He is masterly on the public and wise on the private Roosevelt, telling us how this privileged, seemingly facile young man became the vigorous young president and then the redoubtable older president. Roosevelt was underestimated as a young man and, as Black makes clear, continues, incredibly, to be underestimated, particularly by the propagators of the Yalta myth, according to which Roosevelt was swindled by Stalin. This book demonstrates that Roosevelt's dealings with Stalin were far more successful than the myth would have it. FDR's life was distinguished by the variety and totality of his achievements. Here that life is revealed in a work that is as comprehensive, ambitious, and surprising as the man it describes., Books<

2003, ISBN: 9781586481841

PublicAffairs, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New edition, 1296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-12T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 4.4 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1825, Vereinigte Staaten, Geschichte, Bio… Mehr…

PublicAffairs, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: New edition, 1296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-11-12T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 4.4 kg, Verkaufsrang: 1825, Vereinigte Staaten, Geschichte, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Zweiter Weltkrieg, Militär, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Präsidenten & Staatsoberhäupter, USA, Geschichte nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Epochen, Militärgeschichte, Geschichte nach Themen, PublicAffairs, 2003<