FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944

Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt's health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atom...

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Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Indiana University Press 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945
Dewey, Thomas E. > (Thomas Edmund), > 1902-1971
Dewey, Thomas E. > (Thomas Edmund), > 1902-1971.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Presidents > Election
Politics and government.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Presidents > United States > Election > 1944.
United States
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Electronic resource.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: an evening at the Statler
  • A nation at war
  • Politics in midwar
  • The Republicans
  • The Democrats
  • Willkie pushes hard
  • President and Congress
  • Wendell in wonderland
  • The bandwagon rolling
  • It looks like Dewey
  • The Republican Convention
  • Meanwhile, the Democrats
  • The ailing president
  • Will Roosevelt run?
  • Who runs with Roosevelt?
  • The Democrats arrive in Chicago
  • Democrats in convention
  • Campaign on the high seas
  • The Republicans go to work
  • Dewey heads west
  • The battle is on
  • The October campaign kicks in
  • Death in October
  • Dewey on the offensive
  • FDR strikes back
  • Down to the wire
  • Bricker's campaign
  • The man from Missouri
  • The last days
  • Election day
  • Summing up
  • Epilogue: the fourth term.

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