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FDR Goes to War : How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America by Anita Folsom and Burton W. Folsom Jr. (2011, Hardcover)

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From the acclaimed author of New Deal or Raw Deal? , called "eye-opening" by the National Review , comes a fascinating expos of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's destructive wartime legacy--and its adverse impact on America's economic and foreign policies today. Did World War II really end the Great Depression--or did President Franklin Roosevelt's poor judgment and confused management leave Congress with a devastating fiscal mess after the final bomb was dropped? In this provocative new book, historians Burton W. Folsom, Jr., and Anita Folsom make a compelling case that FDR's presidency led to evasive and self-serving wartime policies. At a time when most Americans held isolationist sentiments--a backlash against the stunning carnage of World War I--Roosevelt secretly favored an aggressive interventionist foreign policy. Yet, throughout the 1930s, he spent lavishly on his disastrous New Deal programs and slashed defense spending, leaving America vastly unprepared for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the challenge of fighting World War II. History books tell us the wartime economy was a boon, thanks to massive government spending. But the skyrocketing national debt, food rations, nonexistent luxuries, crippling taxes, labor strikes, and dangerous work of the time tell a different story--one that is hardly the stuff of recovery. Instead, the war ushered in a new era of imperialism for the executive branch. Roosevelt seized private property, conducted illegal wiretaps, tried to silence domestic opposition, and interned 110,000 Japanese Americans. He set a dangerous precedent for entangling alliances in foreign affairs, including his remarkable courtship of Russian dictator Joseph Stalin, while millions of Americans showed the courage, perseverance, and fortitude to make the weapons and fight the war. Was Roosevelt a great wartime leader, as historians almost unanimously assert? The Folsoms offer a thought-provoking revision of his controversial legacy. FDR Goes to War will make America take a second look at one of its most complicated presidents.

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Publisher
Threshold Editions
ISBN-10
1439183201
ISBN-13
9781439183205
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109298642

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Book Title
FDR Goes to War : How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America
Author
Burton w. Folsom Jr., Anita Folsom
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, United States / 20th Century, General, Economic Conditions, Presidents & Heads of State, Public Policy / Economic Policy
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
20.1 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
E806.F639 2011
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" FDR Goes to War . . . is the latest and perhaps the most devastating critique of FDR. It is painfully relevant to our current president." -- Thomas Sowell, "In New Deal or Raw Deal? Burt Folsom exposed FDR's failed policies during the Great Depression. Now, in FDR Goes to War, he pulls the curtain back even further. Burt and Anita Folsom have produced a book that should be read by all Americans. This is the real history you do not find in textbooks." -- James P. Duffy, author of Lindbergh Vs. Roosevelt "Few in the history profession have done more to shed light on the real Franklin Delano Roosevelt than Burt Folsom. With FDR Goes to War, Folsom and his wife Anita educate Americans on the facts we should have known but were never taught. You will find this book both shocking and refreshing." -- Lawrence W. Reed, president, Foundation for Economic Education "A compelling look at a fascinating man in a devastating war. This is the FDR concealed for over half a century by liberal academics and biased journalists. You will learn a lot from this engaging and readable book." -- Paul Kengor, professor of political science, Grove City College, and author of Dupes, "In New Deal or Raw Deal? Burt Folsom exposed FDR's failed policies during the Great Depression. Now, in FDR Goes to War, he pulls the curtain back even further. Burt and Anita Folsom haveproduced a book that should be read by all Americans. This is the realhistory you do not find in textbooks."-- James P. Duffy, author of Lindbergh Vs. Roosevelt "Few in the history profession have done more to shed light on the real Franklin Delano Roosevelt than Burt Folsom. With FDR Goes to War, Folsom and his wife Anita educate Americans on the facts we should haveknown but were never taught. You will find this book both shocking andrefreshing."-- Lawrence W. Reed, president,Foundation for Economic Education "A compelling look at a fascinating man in a devastating war. This isthe FDR concealed for over half a century by liberal academics andbiased journalists. You will learn a lot from this engaging and readablebook."-- Paul Kengor, professor ofpolitical science, Grove City College, and author of Dupes, "FDR Goes to War is a page-turning tour de force -- and a scholarly one, at that -- of the politics and economics of America's involvement in WWII. Be prepared to rethink much of what you think you know about FDR, the war, and the post-Depression U.S. economy." --Don Bordreaux, Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University, " FDR Goes to War . . . is the latest and perhaps the most devastating critique of FDR. It is painfully relevant to our current president." -- Thomas Sowell, "FDR Goes to War is a page-turning tour de force -- and a scholarly one, at that -- of the politics and economics of America's involvement in WWII. Be prepared to rethink much of what you think you know about FDR, the war, and the post-Depression U.S. economy." --Don Bordreaux, Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University
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Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2011-008528
Dewey Decimal
973.917092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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by -Tef6TdXR9y@Del...Jul 12, 2016
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The reason I like this book so much is that the author did NOT just assume everything that everyone else wrote about the time was correct and just continue a traditional approach to the period. I've actually read the book several times. This is my second copy. My first experience with the book is one of the advance reader copies the publisher creates to send to lucky readers. I would not have bought another copy except that the advance reader copy does not include an index. I'm using the book for reference now and I wanted to have an index, so I bought another whole copy just to have the index. Anyway, I really like the book. It is one of the few that tells things as they were and especially, doesn't make nice comments about FDR just because everyone else does. If you want the straight story about what was happening at the start of WW2 with FDR and WSC and everyone else directly involved, you can't do better than this book. Any book I read more than once is a treasure to me!!Read full review
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