[Roosevelt 01] • Roosevelt - the Lion and the Fox, Volume One of the First Complete Biography of Fdr by Burns, James MacGregor -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Preface Part One: The Education of a Politician I. A Beautiful Frame

The Seed and the Soil Groton: Education for What? Harvard: The Gold Coast

II. Albany: The Young Lion

Uncle Ted and Cousin Eleanor The Race for the Senate The College Kid and the Tammany Beast Farmer-Labor Representative

III. Washington: The Politician as Bureaucrat

A Roosevelt on the Job Tammany Wins Again War Leader

IV. Crusade for the League

Challenge and Response 1920--The Solemn Referendum The Rising Politician

Part Two: The Rise to Power V. Interlude: The Politician as Businessman

Ordeal Dear Al and Dear Frank Summons to Action

VI. Apprenticeship in Albany

The Politics of the Empire State The Anatomy of Stalemate The Power of Party

VII. Nomination by a Hairbreadth

The Political Uses of Corruption Battle at the Grass Roots The Magic Two-Thirds

VIII. The Curious Campaign

The Fox and the Elephant The Stage Is Set Roosevelt on the Eve

Part Three: Rendezvous with Destiny IX. A Leader in the White House

"A Day of Consecration" "Action, and Action Now" "A Leadership of Frankness and Vigor" America First

X. President of All the People?

An Artist in Government The Broker State at Work The Politics of Broker Leadership Rupture on the Right

XI. The Grapes of Wrath

The Little Foxes Labor: New Millions and New Leaders Left! Right! Left!

XII. Thunder on the Right

Thunderbolts from the Bench Roosevelt as a Conservative Roosevelt and the Radicals

XIII. Foreign Policy by Makeshift

Good Neighbors and Good Fences Storm Clouds and Storm Cellars The Law of the Jungle The Politician as Foreign Policy Maker

XIV. 1936: The Grand Coalition

The Politics of the Deed "I Accept the Commission" "We Have Only Just Begun to Fight" Roosevelt as a Political Tactician

Part Four: The Lion at Bay XV. Court Packing: The Miscalculated Risk

Bombshell Guerrilla Warfare Breaches in the Grand Coalition Not with a Bang but a Whimper

XVI. The Roosevelt Recession

Cloudburst Palace Struggle for a Program Roosevelt as an Economist

XVII. Deadlock on the Potomac

Squalls on Capitol Hill The Broken Spell Too Little, Too Late

XVIII. Fissures in the Party

The Donkey and the Stick The Struggle for Power Roosevelt as a Party Leader

XIX. Diplomacy: Pinpricks and Protest

Munich: No Risks, No Commitments The Storm Breaks Roosevelt as a Political Leader

Part Five: Through the Traps XX. The Soundless Struggle

The Sphinx The Hurricane of Events "We Want Roosevelt!"

XXI. An Old Campaigner, a New Campaign

The Hoarse and Strident Voice Lion versus Sea Lion The Two-Week Blitz The Future in Balance

Epilogue. The Culmination

Roosevelt as War Lord Roosevelt as Peace Leader Democracy's Aristocrat Warrior's Home-Coming

A Note on the Study of Political Leadership Image Gallery Acknowledgments General Bibliography Chapter Bibliographies with Basic Book List Index

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

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