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- Publisher: Penguin Press
- Number of Pages: 352
- ISBN: 159420196X
- WAPI (Tower ID): 112201810
- Release Date: January 8, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #200337 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #8500 in History Books (See Top 100 History Books Bestsellers)
- #131 in Military - World War I (See Top 100 Military - World War I Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America" by Adam Cohen to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America"Browse more products related to "Adam Cohen"Review"Adam Cohen treats the 100 days as largely the product of personalities--Roosevelt, his key advisers and their experiences. Cohen produces fine pencil portraits [and] his use of biography works because Roosevelt surrounded himself with such a variety of advisers, each intimately familiar with one aspect of the problem they together approached. Rather than trivia, then, each of these personal stories represents a section of Depression-era America, and in their diversity they suggest why so many Americans supported the New Deal: Almost anyone could see the administration addressing his concerns." "Cohen's well-told story belies the cliché about legislation and sausage-making: his narrative is absorbing and enjoyable to read." "Through artfully drawn vignettes...Cohen compellingly conveys the extraordinary sense of possibility in Roosevelt's administration, even in one of the bleakest moments in American history." "In a lucid, intelligent narrative as fast-paced as the hectic Hundred Days, Cohen skillfully charts the course of events with just enough detail, building by accretion a portrait of the stop-and-start process by which sweeping change is made." "As a blueprint for political fast starts, NOTHING TO FEAR might belong on the [Barack Obama's] night table..." Publisher's note"A dramatic account of the first one hundred days of FDR's presidency traces the transformation that took place throughout the federal government in the wake of unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and poverty levels, in a history that also cites the pivotal contributions of the thirty-second president's inner circle. 40,000 first printing." AnnotationIn 1933, in response to the crisis of the Great Depression, the newly elected president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his administration embarked on a bold restructuring of the federal government. Journalist Adam Cohen provides a flesh-and-blood narrative account of those heady days in the first term, focusing on five outstanding men and women, the best and the brightest, who drove this new engine of government. He tells how Frances Parkman, Lewis Douglas, and others actually had to first convince Roosevelt himself of the validity of their ideas. And he shows just how much of a change this new vision of government was, and how it influenced decades to come. If You Enjoy "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America (Hardcover)" by Adam Cohen (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Military - World War I Bestsellers
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