{"product_id":"roosevelt-sweeps-nation-fdrs-1936-landslide-and-the-triumph-of-the-liberal-ideal-9781635767773","title":"Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: Fdr's 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal for US History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003e1920: The Year of the Six Presidents\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e1960: LJB vs JFK vs Nixon--The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies\u003c\/i\u003e comes a dazzling panorama of presidential and political personalities, ambitions, plots, and counterplots; racism, anti-Semitism, anti-socialism, and anti-communism, and the landslide referendum on FDR's New Deal policies in the 1936 presidential election.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the pat narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America's most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR in '36; powerful, but widely hated, newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR's Raw Deal; wildly popular, radical radio commentator Father Coughlin; the steamrolled passage of Social Security and backlash against it; the era's racism and anti-Semitism; American Socialism and Communism; and a Supreme Court seemingly bent on dismantling the New Deal altogether, \u003ci\u003eRoosevelt Sweeps Nation \u003c\/i\u003eis a vivid portrait of a dynamic Depression-Era America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrafting his account from an impressive and unprecedented collection of primary and secondary sources, Pietrusza has produced an engrossing, original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a nation at the crossroads. The nation's stakes were high . . . and the parallels hauntingly akin to today's dangerously strife-ridden political and culture wars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635767773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Pietrusza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51258256457909,"sku":"9781635767773","price":29.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0a77b914-ef2c-4352-9ee9-9088413cbf30.jpg?v=1750814586","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/roosevelt-sweeps-nation-fdrs-1936-landslide-and-the-triumph-of-the-liberal-ideal-9781635767773","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}