Franklin D. Roosevelt

We now live, Wertheim warns, in the world that these men created. A sophisticated and impassioned narrative that questions the wisdom of US supremacy, Tomorrow, the World reveals the intellectual path that brought us to today’s global entanglements and endless wars....

The Greatest Speeches of All Time is a collection of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times by US presidents, politicians, and other historical icons....

The Teapot Dome scandal of the early 1920s was all about oil - hundreds of millions of dollars� worth of petroleum....

From the prizewinning author of The Nine, a gripping insider's account of the momentous ideological war between the John Roberts Supreme Court and the Obama administration....

A new biography of Winston Churchill reveals how his relationships with the other great figures of his age shaped his own triumphs and failures as a leader....

Few men have played such a critical role in the most pivotal events of the second half of the 20th century....

This exhilarating Cold War narrative takes listeners from top-secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary. Ike's Mystery Man brings a new dimension to our understanding of the inner-workings of the Eisenhower White House....

In this unique insider account, John H. Sununu pays tribute to his former boss - an intelligent, thoughtful, modest leader - and his overlooked accomplishments....

First published two decades ago, when the “closing of the American mind” was in the headlines, Don’t Know Much About History proved Americans don’t hate history....

One hundred years after his inauguration, Woodrow Wilson still stands as one of the most influential figures of the 20th century, and one of the most enigmatic....

If you think of our 34th president as little more than the babysitter-in-chief during the prosperous fifties, think again....

This Splash Read collection includes 19 historical fiction short stories about US Presidents. Each story introduces an influential person from history. Stories discuss life skills, challenges, problem-solving, and important issues....

From New York Times bestselling author Molly Guptill Manning comes The War of Words, the captivating story of how American soldiers in World War II wielded pens to encourage the entire army and inspire a nation....

A landmark collection, spanning 90 years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most famous diplomat....

A historian's revealing and intimate portrait of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush that explores their relationship as presidents and as father and son....

Grover Cleveland is truly the forgotten conservative: a man of dignity, integrity, and courage often overlooked by the history books....

Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends and advisers....

Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians—on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah.

Professor Vincent J. Cannato delivers a definitive history of America's landmark port of entry....

In 1991, the United States Army trounced the Iraqi army in battle only to stumble blindly into postwar turmoil....