A biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States, describing his childhood and education, marriage to Eleanor, personal and political life, and policies during the Great Depression and World War II.
Provides comprehensive information on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt; places him within his historical and cultural context; and explores the formative events of his times and how he responded.
Contains biographical profiles of six key figures in World War II, including Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hirohito, and Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Recounts the history of the two-term tradition for the United States president, the situation that enabled Franklin D. Roosevelt to break with that tradition in 1940, and ultimately the addition of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution that established the tradition in law.