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

by Eric Rauchway

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465094589
• ISBN13: 9780465094585
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.3"