1940 : FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm /

"In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidency--Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie--found themselves on the defensive against Am...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dunn, Susan, 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944.
Lindbergh, Charles A. > (Charles Augustus), > 1902-1974.
Lindbergh, Charles A. > 1902-1974
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > 1882-1945
Willkie, Wendell L. > 1892-1944
USA > President
1900-1999
Presidents > United States > Election > 1940.
Isolationism > United States > History > 20th century.
Isolationnisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
Isolationism.
Politics and government
Presidents > Election.
Präsidentenwahl
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Mystery in the White House
  • George Washington and Franklin Roosevelt: duty or ambition?
  • Walking on eggs
  • Lindbergh and the shrimps
  • Isolationists: the war within
  • Dark horse
  • Home run for the White House
  • The Republicans in Philadelphia
  • Roosevelt's game
  • The Democrats in Chicago
  • Willkie runs alone
  • An army of citizen soldiers
  • Campaigning 101
  • Enter Robert Sherwood
  • Franklin and Joe
  • The fifth column
  • Final days, final words
  • Safe at third
  • Roosevelt and Willkie: almost a team
  • Roosevelt and Willkie vs. Lindbergh
  • Epilogue: one nation indivisible.

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