Uniting America : how FDR and Henry Stimson brought Democrats and Republicans together to win World War II
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Published
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Forks - Nonfiction (Adult)
973.917 SHINKLE
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973.917 SHINKLE
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LC Subjects
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States.
Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
Stimson, Henry L. -- (Henry Lewis), -- 1867-1950.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
Stimson, Henry L. -- (Henry Lewis), -- 1867-1950.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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Published
New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 451 pages,16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
UPC
40031428106
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Peter Shinkle's Uniting America reveals the untold story of the most crucial bipartisan alliance in United States history.."--,Provided by publisher.
Description
As Nazi armies threatened Europe, Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged a divided America to mobilize to defend democracy and freedom. Many Republicans accused FDR of leading the nation needlessly into war and demanded that America remain neutral. On June 20, 1940, FDR announced that two prominent Republicans would take posts in his cabinet: Henry Stimson, former President Herbert Hoover’s secretary of state, became secretary of war, and Frank Knox, the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 1936, became secretary of the navy. Building a coalition across party lines was a risky move-- and placed a bipartisan relationship at the center of America's confrontation with global fascism. Shinkle reveals the true extent of bipartisanship during the war, and argues that America must once again unite to defend democracy at home and abroad.