The Defining Moment
Fdr's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Published on 8. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-7432-4601-9 (ISBN)
Description
In this dramatic and authoritative account, the author shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his famous "fear itself" speech and the first 100 days in office to lift the country from despair and paralysis and transform the American presidency.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7432-4601-9 (9780743246019)
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10/2006
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
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Person
Jonathan Alter is an award-winning historian, columnist, and documentary filmmaker. An MSNBC political analyst and former senior editor at Newsweek, he is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies; The Promise: President Obama, Year One; and The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope.