FDR goes to war : how expanded executive power, spiraling national debt, and restricted civil liberties shaped wartime America / Burton W. Folsom, Jr., and Anita Folsom.

Author/creator Folsom, Burton W.
Other author Folsom, Anita.
Format Book
Edition1st Threshold Editions hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Threshold Editions, 2011.
Descriptionxii, 370 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Military leadership.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
United States--Politics and government. --1933-1945.
United States--Economic conditions. --1918-1945.

Contents Prologue : May 26, 1940 -- Hello to arms, good-bye to New Deal -- The election of 1940 : a third term -- The battle of the Atlantic -- Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 -- 1942 : the war overseas -- 1942 : on the home front -- 1943 : the tide turns -- Entrepreneurs vs. the arsenal of bureaucracy -- Taxes : government can take everything we have -- FDR and civil liberties -- Courting Stalin -- The election of 1944 : a fourth term -- The war ends on the USS Missouri -- Did the war end the Great Depression? -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011008528
ISBN9781439183205 (hardcover)
ISBN1439183201 (hardcover)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks E806 .F639 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold