1940 : FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm

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Label

1940 : FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm

Title remainder

FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler--the election amid the storm

Statement of responsibility

Susan Dunn

Title variation

Nineteen forty

Creator

• Dunn, Susan, 1945-

Subject

• Lindbergh, Charles A., (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
• Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1940
• Isolationism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
• Willkie, Wendell L., (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944
• Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

Language

eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.917

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

E811

LC item number

.D86 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography