★A panoramic view of Roosevelt's New Deal era, a masterpiece of American history and literature;
★High idealism + rough realism, Franklin Roosevelt "under the mask";
★A masterpiece by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
[About the author] Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Is the most prestigious and controversial heavyweight historian and political commentator in the United States. He is also a columnist, film critic, and a freelance writer for Fortune and Life magazines. He was a professor of history at Harvard University and a special assistant to President Kennedy; he won two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and a Bancroft Award, the highest award in American history. He was selected as the cover character of Time magazine in 1965 and was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 1998.
[Introduction] Franklin Roosevelt is the only president in the history of the United States who has been elected for more than two terms. He is the longest-serving president in the United States so far. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt implemented the New Deal to provide unemployment benefits and revive the economy, saving the United States from the abyss of the economic crisis. He was also one of the important leaders of the Allied camp during World War II and played a key role in shaping the postwar world order. This book is the second volume of Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'S masterpiece "The Roosevelt Era" trilogy, which records the turbulent years that President Roosevelt spent in the White House during his first term. The author uses a historical method that pays equal attention to documents, archives and oral history to analyze how the United States got rid of the economic difficulties of the Great Depression through the implementation of New Deal reforms, thereby promoting social reform and social progress; at the same time, it accurately shows President Roosevelt "under the mask" - his relationship with the cabinet, Congress and the media, his various responses and decisions, his calmness and belief, and the severe tests he faced.
