FDR's World War, Peace, and Legacies

by Woolner, David B.; Kimball, Warren F.; Reynolds, David

• ISBN13: 9780230609389
• ISBN10: 0230609384
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This volume assesses Franklin Roosevelt's role as war leader from the vantage point of the twenty-first century, by looking at different aspects of his foreign policy.

Author Biography

David B. Woolner is an Associate Professor at Marist College and Executive Director of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. Warren F. Kimball is Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. David Reynolds is a Professor of International History at Christ's College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
FDR's Foreign Policy and the Construction of American History, 1945-1955	p. 5
FDR and the "World-Wide Arena"	p. 35
FDR and the Origins of the National Security Establishment	p. 63
The Sheriffs: FDR's Postwar World	p. 91
FDR and the "Colonial Question"	p. 123
FDR and the "China Question"	p. 145
FDR and the New Economic Order	p. 175
FDR and the Struggle for a Postwar Civil Aviation Regime: Legacy or Loss?	p. 193
FDR's Worldviews, 1941-1945	p. 215
Epilogue: FDR: Reflections on Legacy and Leadership - The View From 2008	p. 227
List of Contributors	p. 243
Index	p. 247
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