1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler-the Election amid the Storm
(eBook)

Grouping Information

Book Cover Information

Hoopla Extract Information

stdClass Object
(
    [year] => 2013
    [artist] => Susan Dunn
    [fiction] => 
    [coverImageUrl] => https://cover.hoopladigital.com/opr_9780300195132_270.jpeg
    [titleId] => 13556504
    [isbn] => 9780300195132
    [abridged] => 
    [language] => ENGLISH
    [profanity] => 
    [title] => 1940
    [demo] => 
    [segments] => Array
        (
        )

    [pages] => 435
    [children] => 
    [artists] => Array
        (
            [0] => stdClass Object
                (
                    [name] => Susan Dunn
                    [artistFormal] => Dunn, Susan
                    [relationship] => AUTHOR
                )

        )

    [genres] => Array
        (
            [0] => 20th Century
            [1] => Biography & Autobiography
            [2] => Campaigns & Elections
            [3] => History
            [4] => Political Process
            [5] => Political Science
            [6] => Presidents & Heads Of State
            [7] => United States
        )

    [price] => 2.35
    [id] => 13556504
    [edited] => 
    [kind] => EBOOK
    [active] => 1
    [upc] => 
    [synopsis] => A history of the 1940 U.S. presidential election, when bitterly divided Americans 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. presidency-Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for an unprecedented third term, and talented Republican businessman Wendell Willkie-found themselves on the defensive against American isolationists and their charismatic spokesman Charles Lindbergh, who called for surrender to Hitler's 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.

1940 not 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.
    [url] => https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13556504
    [pa] => 
    [subtitle] => FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler-the Election amid the Storm
    [publisher] => Yale University Press
    [purchaseModel] => INSTANT
)