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Bibliography of Franklin D. Roosevelt

This bibliography of Franklin D. Roosevelt is a selective list of scholarly works about Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States (1933–1945).

General

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  • Graham, Otis L. and Meghan Robinson Wander, eds. Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times. (1985). An encyclopedic reference. online
  • Hiltzik, Michael. The New Deal: A Modern History (2011), popular history emphasizing personalities; online
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  • ; 35 essays by scholars.
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  • , the classic narrative history from 1928 to 1935. Strongly supports FDR.

Biographical

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  • : despite the title, a highly favorable biography by scholar. Plus Author Webcast Interview at the Pritzker Military Library on January 22, 2009
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  • : the most detailed scholarly biography; ends in 1933.
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Apprenticeship (vol 1 1952) to 1918; online
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Ordeal (1954), covers 1919 to 1928 online
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Triumph (1956) covers 1929-32 online
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Launching the New Deal (1973), covers 1932–33
  • ; covers entire life in one volume.
  • ; popular joint biography
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  • , scholarly biography
  • : covers 1905–28.

Scholarly topical studies

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  • 200 pp; overview by leading British scholar.
  • ; On his environmental and conservation beliefs & policies.
  • Dunn, Susan. Roosevelt's Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party (2010), on 1938.
  • Jeffries, John W. "A 'Third New Deal'? Liberal Policy and the American State, 1937-1945." Journal of Policy History 8.4 (1996): 387–409.
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  • . Study of Roosevelt's 1932 election.
  • . Study of Roosevelt's 1936 re-election landslide.
  • Price, Charles M. and Joseph Boskin. "The Roosevelt 'Purge': A Reappraisal" Journal of Politics (1966) 28#3 660–670. doi:10.2307/2128161
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  • Savage, Sean J. Roosevelt, the Party Leader, 1932-1945 (1991).
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  • Yoo, John. "Franklin Roosevelt and Presidential Power." Chapman Law Review 21 (2018): 205+. [ on line], a view from the right

Foreign policy and World War II

  • Beitzell, Robert. The uneasy alliance; America, Britain, and Russia, 1941-1943 (1972) online
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  • Feis, Herbert. Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin; the war they waged and the peace they sought (1957) online
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  • Kaiser, David. No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation into War (2014) excerpt and text search
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  • Lacey, James. The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II (2019)
  • . The Undeclared War, 1940–1941 (1953) . highly detailed and influential two-volume semi-official history
  • . Detailed history of how FDR handled the war.
  • McNeill, William H. America, Britain, and Russia: Their Co-operation and Conflict, 1941-1946 (1953)
  • Mayers, David. FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II (2013)
  • , Pulitzer Prize.
  • . Overall history of the war; strong on diplomacy of FDR and other main leaders.
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Criticism

  • . A revisionist blames FDR for inciting Japan to attack.
  • ; summarizes newspaper editorials.
  • criticizes intellectuals who supported FDR.
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  • , critique from the left.
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  • , former FDR supporter condemns all aspects of FDR.
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  • , says US should have let USSR and Germany destroy each other.
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  • says FDR's racism was primarily to blame.
  • , compares populist and paternalist features.
  • by libertarian economist who blames both Hoover and FDR.
  • . Attacks Roosevelt for passive complicity in allowing Holocaust to happen.

FDR's rhetoric

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Historiography

  • Hendrickson Jr., Kenneth E. "FDR Biographies," in William D. Pederson, ed. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt (2011) pp 1–14
  • Provizer, Norman W. "Eleanor Roosevelt Biographies," in William D. Pederson, ed. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt (2011) pp 15–33

Primary sources

  • , massive compilation of many public opinion polls from the US.
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  • Roosevelt, Franklin. Franklin D. Roosevelt and foreign affairs (FDR Library, 1969) 14 vol. online free to borrow; covers Jan 1933 to Aug 1939; 9 volumes are online
  • (3 vol), covers 1933–37. 2nd series 1937–39 available on microfiche and in a 14 vol print edition at some academic libraries.

See also

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