Fdr, Dewey, and the Election of 1944

by David M. Jordan

Book Overview

Although the presidential election of 1944 placed FDR in the White House for an unprecedented fourth term, historical memory of the election itself has been overshadowed by the war, Roosevelt's health and his death the following April, Truman's ascendancy, and the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Today most people assume that FDR's reelection was assured. Yet, as David M. Jordan's engrossing account reveals, neither the outcome of the campaign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253356830
• ISBN13: 9780253356833
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher