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by Derek Leebaert
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1250274699 | 476 pages | True EPUB | 38.43 MB
"Propulsive."–The Wall Street Journal
"Leebaert has done the near impossible-crafted a fresh and challenging portrait of the man and his inner circle."–Richard Norton Smith, author ofAn Uncommon Man, former director of the Hoover, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Ford presidential libraries.
"A fascinating and absorbing analysis of FDR’s brilliantly chosen team of four courageous and creative men and women."–Susan Dunn, author of1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler-the Election Amid the Storm, Massachusetts Professor of Humanities, Williams College.
Drawing on new materials,Unlikely Heroesconstructs 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.
Only four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Roosevelt’s…