In 1940, for the first time since America’s founding, a sitting president sought a third term in office. But this was only one remarkable aspect of that year’s election, which was, as John Jeffries makes clear in his new book, one of the most interesting and important elections in American history. Franklin Roosevelt’s plan to pack the Supreme Court had failed; in the wake of a recent recession, his New Deal had hardened support and opposition among both parties; and the German advance across Europe, along with Japanese aggression in Asia, was stirring fierce debate over America’s role in the world. Adding to the moment of profound uncertainty was FDR’s procrastination over whether to run again. Jeffries explores how these tensions played out and what they meant, not just for the presidential election but also for domestic politics and policy generally, and for state and local contests. In the context of the Roosevelt Coalition and the New Deal party system, he parses the debates and struggles within both the Democratic and Republican parties as Roosevelt deliberated over running and Wendell Wilkie, a businessman from Indiana and New York City, got the nod from Republicans over a field including the rising moderate Thomas E. Dewey, the conservative Michigan senator Arthur Vandenburg, and the isolationist Ohio senator Robert Taft. A Third Term for FDR reveals how domestic policy more than international events influenced Roosevelt’s decision to run and his victory in November. A detailed analysis of the results offers insights into the impact of the year’s events on voting, and into the election’s long-term implications and ramifications—many of which continue to this day.

A Third Term for FDR: The Election of 1940 (American Presidential Elections)

History

Jeffries, John

Americas

University Press of Kansas

A guide to the official publications of the European communities

Mansell

Guide to the Official Publications of the European Communities

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

UNKNO

The authors examine various efforts made since the mid-1960s to address the problems of structural unemployment, from the Manpower Development and Training Act of the early 1960s through the Reagan Administration's Job Training Partnership Act; they also look at specific employment problems currently confronting blacks.

Minorities and the Labor Market (Key Concepts in Philosophy)

Business & Money

McGahey, Richard

Economics

University Press of America

Evangeline

LONGFELLOW, HENRY-WADSWORTH

BiblioLife

The Disappearance

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

FriesenPress

The World War II home front revisited, with a skeptical appraisal of the Good War as a watershed in the nation's history. A superb account...a starting point for future work on the war. —Journal of American History. American Ways Series.

Wartime America: The World War II Home Front (American Ways Series)

Ivan R. Dee

""... the driver of the blue BMW checked his watch. Then he smiled, raised his hands to the roof and screamed 'Allahu akbar!' An instant later the equivalent of one thousand tons of TNT detonated with a deafening roar."" ""... a deafening clap of thunder that seemed to be everywhere at once, and an earthquake struck with unbelievable violence that lasted but a moment. All around [David] saw streaks of light ascending to the clouds."" In The Disappearance, author John Jeffries reveals events and trends that have been thousands of years in the making. This heavily fact-based fiction (or 'faction') relies on sources that have proven completely accurate in every respect, to demonstrate a coming rapid slide of the United States through anarchy, to tyranny, and beyond. David Jamison, editor with the U.S. Weekly News magazine, is on a quest to discover the real reason for present and coming disasters. Jeffries takes the many potential explanations and disproves them to arrive at the truth.

The Disappearance: A Journalist Searches for Answers

Literature & Fiction

Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc

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