Information on the Great Depression and the New Deal, World War II, the Supreme Court, and global politics during the four terms of FDR. Included in each chapter is a bibliographic essay and primary documents pertaining to the topic.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
From child of privilege to champion of world democracy: Biographical sketch -- Campaigns and elections -- Administration policies -- Crises and flashpoints: From the banking crisis to Yalta -- Institutional relations -- Roosevelt's place ini history: The dominant figure of the twentieth century.