In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan

by William E. Leuchtenburg

Book Overview

A ghost has inhabited the Oval Office since 1945--the ghost of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR's formidable presence has cast a large shadow on the occupants of that office in the years since his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080149303X
• ISBN13: 9780801493034
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Examines the Lasting Impact of FDR 55 Years Later

Leuchtenburg, and esteemed historian of the Roosevelt era, examines the profound, lasting impact of Roosevelt's policies on America for many decades following his presidency and how future presidents have operated in Roosevelt's shadow. (The book will need to be revised again due to the Bush plan to privatize Social Security - although FDR's original plan was more modest than the current system, significantly expanded in years after FDR). Roosevelt influence is still great - the greatest of any modern president.