Franklin D. Roosevelt, otherwise known as FDR, was one of the greatest presidents that the United States had ever seen. This president went through the toughest periods of US history, which were the great depression, and world war II, ever since was elected into office, he had a goal of a new deal that would bring the United States out of depression, and despite some of the people who did not like this idea at all, it has greatly helped save the United States. FDR also went through tough times in World War II, where he had to keep the United States together, and also his greatest ally, The United Kingdom. Franklin D. Roosevelt: The New Deal and War, was the book chosen to be critically analyzed. This book is crafted by M.J. Heale,and the
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Roosevelt), and how he got elected into the presidency. Afterwards, in chapter two, The Slump, the book makes a shift from a biographical standpoint, to a historical point of view. In this chapter, Heale, talks about how Hoover failed as a president, and how Roosevelt, who succeeds Hoover, goes into an office, without any promises, and a country that is in deep economic depression. The origins of the new deal, heyday of the new deal, and decline of the new deal, which are the next three chapters of this book, cover the origins of how Roosevelt started the new deal, the troubles that he to go through to get some of the act’s started, and the decline of some of the deals that he enacted. These three chapters cover a good amount of books, mainly because they are really important to why Roosevelt was such an inspirational president in the past and present. Chapter six, Isolationism and foreign dangers, can be related to chapter two in this book, mainly because it leads a big significance in the following chapters. In this chapter, the author basically illustrates to us how, Roosevelt wanted to at first stay neutral from the chaos in Europe, and how foreign countries where the leading danger for us going into the war, mainly because the US was sending supplies to allies, and this caused concern for the US possibly being attacked. The final two chapters of this book, Into the war, and War and the home front,are very interesting because they talk about World War Two, and how the US was dragged into it. Furthermore, it talks about how Roosevelt did the best he could to keep the United States motivated during the
Roosevelt), and how he got elected into the presidency. Afterwards, in chapter two, The Slump, the book makes a shift from a biographical standpoint, to a historical point of view. In this chapter, Heale, talks about how Hoover failed as a president, and how Roosevelt, who succeeds Hoover, goes into an office, without any promises, and a country that is in deep economic depression. The origins of the new deal, heyday of the new deal, and decline of the new deal, which are the next three chapters of this book, cover the origins of how Roosevelt started the new deal, the troubles that he to go through to get some of the act’s started, and the decline of some of the deals that he enacted. These three chapters cover a good amount of books, mainly because they are really important to why Roosevelt was such an inspirational president in the past and present. Chapter six, Isolationism and foreign dangers, can be related to chapter two in this book, mainly because it leads a big significance in the following chapters. In this chapter, the author basically illustrates to us how, Roosevelt wanted to at first stay neutral from the chaos in Europe, and how foreign countries where the leading danger for us going into the war, mainly because the US was sending supplies to allies, and this caused concern for the US possibly being attacked. The final two chapters of this book, Into the war, and War and the home front,are very interesting because they talk about World War Two, and how the US was dragged into it. Furthermore, it talks about how Roosevelt did the best he could to keep the United States motivated during the