Fdr And Harry: Unparalleled Lives [Hardcover]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman are two men whose backgrounds were very dissimilar but whose achievements proved to be roughly comparableboth became President of the United States. It is, for example, ironic that the wealthy Roosevelt is best known for his social programs and that Truman, who came from modest circumstances in the Middle West, achieved his greatest success in foreign affairs. This study demonstrates, with some flair, the variety and the breadth of the American experience and provides, in part, a credible basis for the existence of an American Dream.ROBERT UNDERHILL is Professor Emeritus of English and Speech at Iowa State University. His two earlier books on American presidents areThe Truman Persuasions(1981) andThe Bully Pulpit(1989).

Four Early Ages
Entrances
School Boys
Young Lovers
Soldiers
The Fifth Age: Presidencies
Preludes
The Hustings
FDR: Economics
HST: Economics
FDR: Politician
HST: Politician
FDR: Foreign Policies (1933-1936)
FDR: Foreign Policies (1937-1945)
HST: Foreign Policies
Personalities in Contrast
Sixth And Seventh Ages
Slipper'd Pantaloons
Last Scenes
Bibliography
Index