Franklin D. Roosevelt

A fascinating exploration of early- to mid-20th-century political and social structure as seen through the eyes of a Roosevelt technocrat....

Former president George Bush has no plans to write his autobiography, so this collection of letters, diary entries, and...

A biography of Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, one of the twentieth century's most powerful and controversial figures, Victorious in Defeat provides a detailed portrait of a man who ranks with Stalin, Roosevelt, Hitler, Churchill, and Gandhi as leaders who shaped our world....

The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist's "astonishing" and "enthralling" New York Times best seller and Notable Book about how the Founders' belief in natural rights created a great American political tradition (Booklist)....

Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis....

History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift since George Washington delivered his farewell address....

In Roosevelt’s Centurions, distinguished historian Joseph E. Persico reveals how, during World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt seized the levers of wartime power like no president since Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War....

In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe....

America 1933 reveals Hickok’s pivotal contribution to the policies of the New Deal and sheds light on her intense but ill-fated relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and the forces that inevitably came between them....

War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace....

When the 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already been in office longer than any other president....

James C. Klotter uses new research and offers a more focused, nuanced explanation of Henry Clay's programs and politics in order to answer the question of why the man they called "The Great Rejected" never won the presidency but did win the accolades of history....

Historian Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America's clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor....

The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past....

The Making of the President: 1960 revolutionized the way modern presidential campaigns are reported. Reporting from within the campaign for the first time on record, White’s extensive research and access to all parties involved set the bar for campaign coverage....

In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York on a whole new scale....

Explore the lives and relationship of two great leaders: Churchill and Roosevelt....

Inside Money is a sweeping history of the legendary private investment firm Brown Brothers Harriman, exploring its central role in the story of American wealth and its rise to global power....

John Strausbaugh tells the story of New York City's war years with the same richness, depth, and nuance he brought to his previous books, providing listeners with a groundbreaking look into the greatest city on earth during the most transformative - and costliest - war in human history....

An award-winning presidential historian offers an authoritative account of American presidents' attacks on our freedom of the press....