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9781586487447

FDR's Deadly Secret

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    9781586487447

  • ISBN10:

    1586487442

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-01-05
  • Publisher: Perseus Books Group
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Summary

The death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1945 sent shock waves around the world. His lifelong physician swore that the president had always been a picture of health. Later, in 1970, Roosevelt's cardiologist admitted he had been suffering from uncontrolled hypertension and that his deathfrom a cerebral hemorrhagewas "a cataclysmic event waiting to happen." But even this was a carefully constructed deceit, one that began in the 1930s and became acutely necessary as America approached war.In this great medical detective story and narrative of a presidential cover-up, an exhaustive study of all available reports of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's health, and a comprehensive review of thousands of photographs, an intrepid physician-journalist team reveals that Roosevelt at his death suffered from melanoma, a skin cancer that had spread to his brain and abdomen. Roosevelt's condition was not only physically disabling, but also could have affected substantially his mental function and his ability to make decisions in the days when the nation was imperiled by World War II.

Author Biography

Eric Fettmann is associate editorial-page editor of the New York Post.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
An Orator Stumblesp. 1
Wilson's Examplep. 15
Triumph Over Mortal Matterp. 25
Is Franklin D. Roosevelt Physically Fit to Be President?p. 41
A Career Navy Medical Officer of No Particular Distinctionp. 51
The Brown Blobp. 63
The Beginning of the Endp. 77
Enter Bruenn-But When?p. 93
Not Planning for the Successionp. 115
An Avalanche of Rumorsp. 129
"He'll Come Out of It. He Always Does"p. 149
Yaltap. 161
"Did You See This Thing Coming?"p. 171
The Cover-Up Continuesp. 187
A Certain Narrativep. 203
The Next Deadly Secretp. 215
Acknowledgmentsp. 223
Notesp. 229
Bibiographyp. 251
Indexp. 261
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