Franklin D. Roosevelt Summary

Franklin D. Roosevelt Born January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York Died April 12, 1945 Warm Springs, Georgia Thirty-second president of the United States Franklin Roosevelt. ©Bettmann/CORBIS. ... Read more

First Inaugural Address by Franklin D. Roosevelt Born in Hyde Park, New York, in 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) grew up in a family that enjoyed both wealth and political power. (President T... Read more

In the following essay, Frisch discusses Roosevelt's efforts to preserve American democracy during the Great Depression. The literature on Franklin D. Roosevelt generally reflects praise from t... Read more

In the following essay, Theoharis examines United States policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1940s, contrasting Roosevelt's ambivalence and largely conciliatory approach with Truman's ... Read more

In the following excerpt, George-Brown introduces selections from Roosevelt's most historically significant speeches. Governor of New York before he became the thirty-second President of the Un... Read more

In the following essay, Davis presents a profile of Roosevelt's character. When, more years ago than I like to count, a publisher approached me with the proposal that I do a book about Franklin... Read more

In the following essay, Nisbet continues his analysis of Roosevelt's credulity toward Stalin. President Roosevelt's World War II courtship of Stalin reached its heights, as I have indica... Read more

In the following review, Randolph favorably assesses The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1938 the compiler of [The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt] publis... Read more

In the following excerpt, Perlmutter probes Roosevelt's enigmatic worldview and evaluates the merits and faults of his wartime strategy. The President's Style and World View How did Roo... Read more

In the following essay, Lewis explores John Steinbeck's efforts on behalf of Roosevelt during the Second World War. The Nazi attack in Europe led to many American artists' participation... Read more

In the following essay, originally published in 1950, Schlesinger responds to revisionist critics of Roosevelt's wartime foreign policy. The storm of controversy around the foreign policy of Fr... Read more

In the following essay, Braden and Brandenburg explore the significance and effectiveness of Roosevelt's direct communication with the American people via radio with his so-called "Fires... Read more

In the following essay, Borg focuses on the political contexts of Roosevelt's 1937 "quarantine" speech—an address aimed at checking the aggression of the Axis powers—... Read more

At the height of the Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt came into the presidency. His reforms and ideas, along with the increased industrial opportunities created in World War II, allowed him to not o... Read more

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", said Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his inaugural speech in 1933. Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president in 1933, in a time of grave danger and ec... Read more

When FDR got elected as president he inherited a lot of problems from Hoover. He was dedicated to helping the country though and capable enough to do it. He instituted many changes in the first part o... Read more

During the 1920's, the United States of America experienced a period of unprecedented prosperity. Due to billions of dollars worth of post-world war one credit, and vast natural resources, America lau... Read more

Franklin Delano Roosevelt On a rainy day in March 1933, a country watched eagerly as Franklin Delano Roosevelt swore in as the thirty-second president of the United States. At this time, the United... Read more