{"product_id":"unlikely-heroes-franklin-roosevelt-his-four-lieutenants-and-the-world-they-made-hardcover","title":"Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerek Leebaert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Masterful.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Propulsive.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Leebaert has done the near impossible--crafted a fresh and challenging portrait of the man and his inner circle.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003e Richard Norton Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eAn Uncommon Man\u003c\/i\u003e, former director of the Hoover, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Ford presidential libraries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and absorbing analysis of FDR's brilliantly chosen team of four courageous and creative men and women.\"\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003eSusan Dunn, author of\u003ci\u003e 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the Election Amid the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e, Massachusetts Professor of Humanities, Williams College.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDrawing on new materials, \u003ci\u003eUnlikely Heroes\u003c\/i\u003e constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration from the frightening early months of spring 1933 until he died in April 1945, on the cusp of wartime victory. These lieutenants composed the tough, constrictive, long-term core of government. They built the great institutions being raised against the Depression, implemented the New Deal, and they were pivotal to winning World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet, in their different ways, each was as wounded as the polio-stricken titan. Harry Hopkins, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, and Henry Wallace were also strange outsiders. Up to 1933, none would ever have been considered for high office. Still, each became a world figure, and it would have been exceedingly difficult for Roosevelt to transform the nation without them. By examining the lives of these four, a very different picture emerges of how Americans saved their democracy and rescued civilization overseas. Many of the dangers that they all overcame are troublingly like those America faces today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerek Leebaert \u003c\/b\u003ewon the biennial 2020 Truman Book Award for Grand Improvisation. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eMagic and Mayhem: The Delusions of American Foreign Policy from Korea to Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Dare and to Conquer: Special Operations and the Destiny of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, both Washington Post Best Books of the Year. He was a founding editor of the Harvard\/MIT journal International Security and is a cofounder of the National Museum of the U.S. Army. He holds a D.Phil from Oxford and lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53735429734764,"sku":"9781250274694","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/be707c60d9ae4b2b0b3608a5f6fdff79.webp?v=1778381721","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/unlikely-heroes-franklin-roosevelt-his-four-lieutenants-and-the-world-they-made-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}