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1940
Susan Dunn
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
A history of the 1940 U.S. presidential election, when bitterly dividedAmericans debated the fate of the nation and the world. In 1940, against the explosive backdrop of the Nazi onslaught in Europe, two farsighted candidates for the U.S. presidencyDemocrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkiefound themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitlers demands. In this dramatic account of that turbulent and consequential election, historian Susan Dunn brings to life the debates, the high-powered players, and the dawning awareness of the Nazi threat as the presidential candidates engaged in their own battle for supremacy. 1940not only explores the contest between FDR and Willkie but also examines the key preparations for war that went forward, even in the midst of that divisive election season. The book tells an inspiring story of the triumph of American democracy in a world reeling from fascist barbarism, and it offers a compelling alternative scenario to today's hyperpartisan political arena, where common ground seems unattainable. ';Anyone today who believes that U.S. involvement and the ultimate Allied triumph in World War II was inevitable must read this important history.Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling author ofPresidential Courage ';Susan Dunn, a prolific and outstanding historian, has crafted a fast-paced, serious, and extraordinarily well-researched book about the events surrounding the pivotal 1940 election. Her main characterscome brilliantly to life.I could hardly put the book down.'James T. Patterson, author of Bancroft Prize-winningGrand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
