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FDR and civil aviation
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Alan P. Dobson |
"The aim of this book is to demonstrate that Franklin D. Roosevelt was one of the leading agents in both setting out and working to implement the principles that came to govern the international avia… |
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Smedley D. Butler, USMC
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Mark Strecker |
"This historical biography explores Butler, a little-known American Marine who exposed an alleged fascist coup to remove President Franklin D. Roosevelt from office. This text is an exploration of th… |
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The New Deal
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Michael A. Hiltzik |
Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal began as a program of short-term emergency relief measures and evolved into a truly transformative concept of the federal government's role in Americans' lives. More tha… |
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The thousand-year flood
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David Welky |
How the Ohio River Valley flood of 1937 came about, what happened and how it was handled by various governments, private agencies, and individual citizens. |
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The 1930s (1930-1939)
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Michael Shally-Jensen, editor |
Defining Documents offers a broad range of historical documents on important authors and subjects in American history, with primary source documents, in-depth analysis, and comprehensive lesson plans… |
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World War II (1939-1946)
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Salem Press |
This 2-volume resource contains 80 primary source documents that provide a compelling view of this unique period of American history. World War II is remembered not only for its violent encounters on… |
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Together We Cannot Fail
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Terry Golway |
This book is an uncommon portrait of Roosevelt's presidency, in words, photographs, and his own voice. For 12 tumultuous presidential years, Roosevelt regularly spoke to the American people, this man… |
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Eleanor Roosevelt, volume 3`
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Blanche Wiesen Cook |
“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 ever… |
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1944
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Jay Winik |
It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that it would even end well. 1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved t… |
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1944
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Jay Winik |
It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that it would even end well. 1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved t… |
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Eleanor and Hick
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Susan Quinn |
A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok--a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play… |
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Jim Farley's Story
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James Aloysius Farley |
Sub-titled, The Roosevelt Years, and limited thereby to that aspect of a life that has much of interest as a record of a small town clerk who made good as a big man in the Democratic Party. A good de… |
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From Munich to Pearl Harbour
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Reynolds, David |
"In his new book, David Reynolds argues that the period from 1938 to 1941 was a turning point in modern American history. Drawing upon his own research and the latest scholarship, Mr. Reynolds shows … |
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The Republican Party and Wendell Willkie
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Donald Bruce Johnson |
A comprehensive study of Wendell Willkie as he influenced the Republican Party during the five years he was prominent in American politics. |
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