Kennedy and Roosevelt (ePub)
The Uneasy Alliance
(Sprache: Englisch)
The revealing story of Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Kennedy, and a political alliance that changed history, from a New York Times-bestselling author.
When Franklin Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, he gained the support of Joseph Kennedy, a little-known...
When Franklin Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, he gained the support of Joseph Kennedy, a little-known...
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The revealing story of Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Kennedy, and a political alliance that changed history, from a New York Times-bestselling author.
When Franklin Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, he gained the support of Joseph Kennedy, a little-known businessman with Wall Street connections. Instrumental in Roosevelt's victory, their partnership began a longstanding alliance between two of America's most ambitious power brokers.
Kennedy worked closely with FDR as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and later as ambassador to Great Britain. But at the outbreak of World War II, sensing a threat to his family and fortune, Kennedy lobbied against American intervention-putting him in direct conflict with Roosevelt's intentions. Though he retreated from the spotlight to focus on the political careers of his sons, Kennedy's relationship with Roosevelt would eventually come full circle in 1960, when Franklin Roosevelt Jr. campaigned for John F. Kennedy's presidential win.
With unprecedented access to Kennedy's private diaries as well as firsthand interviews with Roosevelt's family and White House aides, New York Times-bestselling author Michael Beschloss-called "the nation's leading presidential historian" by Newsweek-presents an insightful study in contrasts. Roosevelt, the scion of a political dynasty, had a genius for the machinery of government; Kennedy, who built his own fortune, was a political outsider determined to build a dynasty of his own.
From the author of The Conquerors and Presidential Courage, this is a "fascinating account of the complex, ambiguous relationship of two shrewd, ruthless, power-hungry men" (The New York Times Book Review).
When Franklin Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, he gained the support of Joseph Kennedy, a little-known businessman with Wall Street connections. Instrumental in Roosevelt's victory, their partnership began a longstanding alliance between two of America's most ambitious power brokers.
Kennedy worked closely with FDR as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and later as ambassador to Great Britain. But at the outbreak of World War II, sensing a threat to his family and fortune, Kennedy lobbied against American intervention-putting him in direct conflict with Roosevelt's intentions. Though he retreated from the spotlight to focus on the political careers of his sons, Kennedy's relationship with Roosevelt would eventually come full circle in 1960, when Franklin Roosevelt Jr. campaigned for John F. Kennedy's presidential win.
With unprecedented access to Kennedy's private diaries as well as firsthand interviews with Roosevelt's family and White House aides, New York Times-bestselling author Michael Beschloss-called "the nation's leading presidential historian" by Newsweek-presents an insightful study in contrasts. Roosevelt, the scion of a political dynasty, had a genius for the machinery of government; Kennedy, who built his own fortune, was a political outsider determined to build a dynasty of his own.
From the author of The Conquerors and Presidential Courage, this is a "fascinating account of the complex, ambiguous relationship of two shrewd, ruthless, power-hungry men" (The New York Times Book Review).
Autoren-Porträt von Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss is a historian and the New York Times-bestselling author of nine books, including Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance (1980); Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair (1986); The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963 (1991); The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany (2002); and Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America, 1789-1989 (2007). Born in Chicago and educated at Williams College and Harvard University, Beschloss is a contributor to NBC News, PBS NewsHour, and the New York Times, and has been called "the nation's leading presidential historian" by Newsweek. He lives with his wife in Washington, DC.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Michael Beschloss
- 2016, 318 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- ISBN-10: 1504039351
- ISBN-13: 9781504039352
- Erscheinungsdatum: 16.08.2016
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“This brisk dip into the American past . . . is an absorbing book about many kinds of reality—how, for example, one friend may outgrow another, and how fear distorts judgment.” —Naomi Bliven, The New Yorker“I must record my astonishment that so fine and readable a book on so complex a man was written by one only 24 years old . . . We’ll be hearing more of Michael Beschloss.” —Richard J. Walton, The Washington Post Book World
“Solidly researched and impressively set down . . . A sobering and fascinating lesson in the ways of power.” —The Nation
“This book is a real credit, not only to the author . . . but also to the academic discipline. . . . Mr. Beschloss has performed a notable service in disclosing the weaknesses and dangers of an excessively private approach to public life.” —Leonard Silk, The New York Times
“This brilliant study is a tour de force. . . . It succeeds in unraveling with the skill of a novelist the complex relationship between these two highly complex men. Once started, it is hard to lay aside.” —Chicago Sun-Times
“Beschloss has told this complex story carefully and judiciously . . . With this book, he has given himself an auspicious starting point.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Star
“Written with authority, this well-researched work reveals the complex motives and values at work among men exercising power at the highest level.” —Publishers Weekly
“The possibility that this is the last you will be hearing of Michael Beschloss is about as remote as the chance that he would have flunked history at Williams.” —Newsday
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