America Ascendant From Theodore Roosevelt to FDR in the Century of American Power, 1901-1945

Name: America Ascendant From Theodore Roosevelt to FDR in the Century of American Power, 1901-1945
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ISBN: 9780814715666

ISBN-10: 0814715664

ISBN-13: 9780814715666

Edition: 1998

Authors: Sean Dennis Cashman

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A brilliant book in this competitive market. . . . an excellent synthesis of the history of the United States from Theodore Roosevelt's succession to the Presidency in 1901 to Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945 or, actually, the end of the war in the Pacific. . . . [It] reads well and has a compelling fascination.--Francis M. Carroll, co-author ofThe Free and the UnfreeA lively tour of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, America Ascendant traces the development of America's tremendous industrial power and its commercial deployment, at home and abroad. Emphasizing the contributions of those charismatic presidents who shaped the future of politics-- Theodore…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 561
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Sean Dennis Cashman is the author of various popular books on American history, most recently the third edition of his classic America in the Gilded Age , also available from NYU Press.



Preface



A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressives



Virtue Is Its Own Reward: Woodrow Wilson and the New Freedom



RPM: The Flowing Rhythm of Modern America



No Gods, No Masters



Making Waves in World Affairs



Tell That to the Marines! America and World War I



Tales of the Jazz Age



Nine Mocking Years with the Golden Calf



The World Broken in Two



Down in the Dumps - Welcome to the Depression



That Man in the White House: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the New Deal



Red, Hot, and Blue: Sunset on the New Deal



Castles in the Air



Kissing Hitler? Round Up the Usual Suspects



The Miraculous Takes a Little Longer: America and World War II



Dear Hearts and Gentle People



1945: Withered Is the Garland of the War


Bibliography


Index


About the Author