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1940 FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm

The spellbinding story of the Roosevelt-Willkie election season, when bitterly divided Americans debated the fate of the nation and the world.

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Main Author: Dunn, Susan, 1945-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Presidents > United States > Election > 1940.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944.
Lindbergh, Charles A. > (Charles Augustus), > 1902-1974.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Isolationism > United States > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Mystery in the White House
  • George Washington and Franklin Roosevelt: duty or ambition?
  • Walking on eggs
  • Lindbergh and the shrimps
  • Isolationists: the war within
  • Dark horse
  • Home run for the White House
  • The Republicans in Philadelphia
  • Roosevelt's game
  • The Democrats in Chicago
  • Willkie runs alone
  • An army of citizen soldiers
  • Campaigning 101
  • Enter Robert Sherwood
  • Franklin and Joe
  • The fifth column
  • Final days, final words
  • Safe at third
  • Roosevelt and Willkie: almost a team
  • Roosevelt and Willkie vs. Lindbergh
  • Epilogue: one nation indivisible.

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