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Traitor To His Class: The Privileged Life And Radical Presidency Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (2008)

by H.W. Brands(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385519583 (ISBN13: 9780385519588)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Doubleday

review 1: My country was such a different place before FDR and World War II. It is a struggle to see that world through 19th and early 20th century eyes. FDR's responsibility for the transformation cannot be underestimated and this book does an estimable job of reviewing his life and work. Highly recommended. But having finished it, I can't say I have any idea where his radicalism came from. Perhaps this is not the fault of the book; he seems to have been a fundamentally private person. And a truly singular one at that.
review 2: This is an extraordinary book. It begins at the dawn of Pearl Harbor, then backtracks and creates a vivid picture of a man who came from incredible wealth and privilege to become the strongest advocate for the poor in history. It covers his life... more, including his devastating battle with polio, and his entire political life. Rich with heavily-referenced details, and unflinching about the Roosevelts' personal lives. If I have one quibble, it was the rather short shift paid to the decision to intern Japanese-Americans during WWII. At 800pp and rather dense, not a fast read by any means, but gripping and worth every page. less

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