The President's Man: Leo Crowley and Franklin Roosevelt in Peace and War
Leo Crowley has been known only as the administrator condemned by President Truman for cutting off Soviet lend-lease after V-E Day. Stuart L. Weiss revises this view while exploring Crowley's long, significant state and federal career, emphasizing his service as Franklin D. Roosevelt's man for all seasons. Weiss deals effectively with Crowley's flaws and virtues as well as those of the administrations he served. Crowley was confirmed as chair...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0809319969
ISBN13:9780809319961
Release Date:February 1996
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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More than a biography: a view of New Deal politics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book is often read as a biography, but it is more than that. It is in large part the story of Franklin Roosevelt's politics and policies,as he moved to the right after 1937 and especially mid-way through W.W. II, that shift reflected in the appointment of Leo Crowley, a conservative Democrat whose Irish heritage and banking background tended to protect him against charges of being pro-British. But there is more. The reader will learn that there was an economic war with the British during the armed war against the Axis in the 40s.
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