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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3

The War Years and After, 1939-1962

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3

The War Years and After, 1939-1962

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages transcends both first-lady history and the marriage around which Roosevelt scholarship has traditionally pivoted." -- The Wall Street Journal The final volume in the definitive biography of America's greatest first lady. “Monumental and inspirational…Cook skillfully narrates the epic history of the war years… [a] grand biography.” -- The New York Times Book Review Historians, politicians, critics, and readers everywhere have praised Blanche Wiesen Cook’s biography of Eleanor Roosevelt as the essential portrait of a woman who towers over the twentieth century. The third and final volume takes us through World War II, FDR’s death, the founding of the UN, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s death in 1962. It follows the arc of war and the evolution of a marriage, as the first lady realized the cost of maintaining her principles even as the country and her husband were not prepared to adopt them. Eleanor Roosevelt continued to struggle for her core issues—economic security, New Deal reforms, racial equality, and rescue—when they were sidelined by FDR while he marshaled the country through war. The chasm between Eleanor and Franklin grew, and the strains on their relationship were as political as they were personal. She also had to negotiate the fractures in the close circle of influential women around her at Val-Kill, but through it she gained confidence in her own vision, even when forced to amend her agenda when her beliefs clashed with government policies on such issues as neutrality, refugees, and eventually the threat of communism. These years—the war years—made Eleanor Roosevelt the woman she became: leader, visionary, guiding light. FDR’s death in 1945 changed her world, but she was far from finished, returning to the spotlight as a crucial player in the founding of the United Nations. This is a sympathetic but unblinking portrait of a marriage and of a woman whose passion and commitment has inspired generations of Americans to seek a decent future for all people. Modest and self-deprecating, a moral force in a turbulent world, Eleanor Roosevelt was unique.

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0143109626

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

The Defining Years, 1933-1938

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

The Defining Years, 1933-1938

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt—an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.

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1101567457

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1

The Early Years, 1884-1933

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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The Early Years, 1884-1933

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1101567465

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Eleanor Roosevelt

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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Blanche Wiesen Cook's superb biography offers a new perspective not just on Eleanor Roosevelt but on the world of politics in which she thrived.

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Bloomsbury Pub Limited

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0747549753

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9780747549758

The Declassified Eisenhower

A Divided Legacy of Peace and Political Warfare

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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The Declassified Eisenhower

A Divided Legacy of Peace and Political Warfare

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

Reevaluates the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, with an emphasis on his role as a man of peace, discussing his attempts to establish a foreign policy designed to permanently secure international peace

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Viking Press

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0140070613

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

The Defining Years, 1933-1938

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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The Defining Years, 1933-1938

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Provides a compelling evaluation of one of the most inspiring women in American political history, Eleanor Roosevelt niece of one president and wife to another.

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0670023957

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9780670023950

Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1

The Early Years, 1884-1933

By: Blanche Wiesen Cook

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The Early Years, 1884-1933

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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3

The War Years and After, 1939-1962

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