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Politics as usual

Davis, Michael A.

Politics as usual Thomas Dewey, Franklin Roosevelt, and the wartime presidential campaign of 1944 / [electronic resource] : Michael A. Davis. - DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The triumph of politics as usual, 1941-1945 -- Thomas Dewey and the dilemmas of Republican wartime opposition -- Franklin Roosevelt and the challenges of the Democratic majority -- Mackinac and the making of a Republican foreign policy -- Democrats and the postwar world -- John W. Bricker and the conservative Republicans -- The fall of Wendell Willkie -- Thomas Dewey and the struggle for Republican consensus -- The Republican National Convention -- Dewey, "an American of this century" -- Franklin Roosevelt and the pursuit of Democratic party unity -- The Democratic National Convention -- Thomas Dewey and the making of a wartime campaign -- FDR, commander-in-chief -- "The listening campaign" -- "Such a slimy campaign" -- Roosevelt and victory.

9781609091699 1609091698


Dewey, Thomas E. 1902-1971.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.


Presidents--Election--United States--1944.


United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.


Electronic books.

E812 / .D38 2014

324.973/0917