Books by Alan Brinkley
“The genius of what Alan did is to make Roosevelt’s story accessible by getting it down to a hundred pages.” Read more...
The best books on Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cynthia Koch, Historian
The End of Reform
by Alan Brinkley
Brinkley highlights an important moment in the history of liberalism – the abandonment of the notion of structurally changing economic life
Interviews where books by Alan Brinkley were recommended
The best books on The Evolution of Liberalism, recommended by Eric Foner
Historian Eric Foner chooses five books illustrating how concepts of American liberalism have changed over the past 50 years, and about the tension that lies at the heart of liberalism today.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
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It Can't Happen Here
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Eleanor Roosevelt: The Defining Years: Volume Two 1933-1938
by Blanche Wiesen Cook
The best books on Franklin D. Roosevelt, recommended by Cynthia Koch
The best books on Franklin D. Roosevelt, recommended by Cynthia Koch
Historians consistently rank FDR, the 32nd and longest-serving president of the United States, as among America’s greatest. Here, Cynthia Koch, Director of History Programing for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation, talks us through his life and explains how, in many ways, his guile was key to his success.
