Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal

The history of the most acrimonious presidential handoff in American history -- and of the origins of twentieth-century liberalism and conservatism

As historian Eric Rauchway shows in Winter War, FDR laid out coherent, far-ranging plans for the New Deal in the months prior to his inauguration. Meanwhile, still-President Hoover, worried about FDR's abilities and afraid of the president-elect's policies, became the first comprehensive critic of the New Deal. Thus, even before FDR took office, both the principles of the welfare state, and reaction against it, had already taken form.

Winter War reveals how, in the months before the hundred days, FDR and Hoover battled over ideas and shaped the divisive politics of the twentieth century.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 11/20/2018
ISBN: 9780465094585
Pages: 304
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/10/2018
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2018
Library Journal 11/15/2018 pg. 86
Choice 04/01/2019