Description
Debunking FDR: The Man and the Myths exposes the suppressed and distorted facts about FDR’s life and the legends about him (many invented by FDR himself!) promoted by generations of historians.
Contrary to myth, FDR was not a reluctant candidate acceding to the desires of the “people,” but a scheming, self-promoting politician faithful to his class and vain about his lineage (as unroyal as in fact it was). He was contemptuous of Americans who refused to be his “subjects.” He was impulsive, frivolous, vindictive, eager for war with Japan, in thrall of Stalin, and welcoming to Communists.
The “dictator,” the “country squire in the White House” (as he was often known then), fundamentally changed the country and clung to power unto death.
FDR’s influence lives on in crony capitalism, government-dependent populations, racial and class division, and a mammoth administrative state run by a credentialed, America-hating elite.
Debunking FDR offers cautionary reminders to the FDR-admiring left—and a growing segment of the right.
Book Information
ISBN 9781684515684
Author Mary Grabar
Format Hardback
Page Count 408
Imprint Regnery Publishing Inc
Publisher Regnery Publishing Inc
Weight(grams) 611g