Franklin D. Roosevelt

In this riveting book we see Teddy, the flamboyant politician and Rough Rider, who was also a "Papa Bear"...

Ask a random sample of people to name the History Makers of World War II and you can pretty much predict their answers. First on the list will be ...

In It Did Not Start with JFK, author and researcher Walter Herbst examines the decades before Kennedy’s presidency, and how understanding the “why” behind this right-wing group’s interest in removing Kennedy from power is the key to unraveling the assassination riddle....

From the acclaimed Modern Library Chronicles comes an exploration of a promising theory that when put to practice wreaked havoc on the world....

As Adolf Hitler’s Nazi armies threatened Europe, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged a divided America to mobilize to defend democracy and freedom. Many Republicans accused FDR of leading the nation needlessly into war and demanded that America remain neutral....

In Rendezvous with Destiny, Fullilove examines the exceptional men at the heart of America’s transformation into a global power....

Before hundreds of major leaguers went off to war, they enjoyed one final season in the sun....

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.

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....

JFK, Conservative is sure to appeal to conservative readers - and will force liberals to reconsider one of their icons....

This anthology presents the collective voice of Japanese Americans defined by a specific moment in time: the four years of World War II during which the US government expelled resident aliens and its own citizens from their homes and imprisoned 125,000 of them in American concentration camps.

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

In this engaging, fast-paced biography, Louis Galambos follows the career of Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, offering new insight into this singular man who guided America toward consensus at home and a peaceful victory in the Cold War.

In far-flung locations around the globe, an unparalleled sequence of international events took place between December 1 and December 12, 1941. In this riveting book, historian Evan Mawdsley explores how the story unfolded....

Another hard hitting book by the author, Gary Allen, of the international bestseller, None Dare Call It Conspiracy. Since the end of World War II, forty three nations, representing nearly one-third the earth's surface, have fallen to Communism.

As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America's greatest achievements....

There is a great debate among historians about Franklin Delano Roosevelt's actions during the Holocaust. Was FDR the hero that defeated the Germans, or did he turn a blind eye to the plight of the Jews as long as he possibly could.....

Here is a brilliant and brilliantly entertaining tour de force of American politics from one of journalism's most acclaimed commentators.....

On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess....

A riveting new account of Theodore Roosevelt's impassioned crusade for military preparedness as America fitfully stumbles into World War I, spectacularly punctuated by his unique tongue-lashings of the vacillating Woodrow Wilson....