Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign

by Stanley Weintraub

Book Overview

When the wartime 1944 presidential election campaign geared up late that spring, Franklin D. Roosevelt had already occupied the White House years longer than any other president. Sensing likely weakness, the Republicans mounted an energetic and expensive campaign, hitting hard at FDR's liberal domestic policies and the war's ongoing cost. Despite gravely deteriorating health, FDR and his feisty running mate, the unexpected Harry Truman, campaigned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306821133
• ISBN13: 9780306821134
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 8.9"