Politics as usual [electronic resource] : Thomas Dewey, Franklin Roosevelt, and the wartime presidential campaign of 1944 / Michael A. Davis.

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.

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