Roosevelt's Purge
How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party
By Susan Dunn · 2012
- About this editionISBN: 9780674058453, 0674058453Page count: 384Published: May 7, 2012Format: E-bookPublisher: Harvard University PressLanguage: EnglishAuthor: Susan Dunn
Susan Dunn tells the dramatic story of FDR’s unprecedented battle to drive his foes out of his party by intervening in Democratic primaries and backing liberal challengers to conservative incumbents.Source: PublisherOther editions7 May 20122010Harvard University PressHarvard University PressPaperbackHardcover384 pages361 pagesCommon terms and phrasesMore terms and phrasesShow lessGet bookBuy PrintBorrowFind in a librarySearch in WorldCat.Search WorldCatAbout the workOriginally published: 2010Genre: BiographySubject: History / United States / 20th Century, Political Science / American Government / Executive Branch, Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State, Political Science / Political Process / Political Parties, United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945MOREAuthorSusan DunnAuthorSusan Dunn is a professor of French literature and the history of ideas at Williams College. She is the author most recently of The Death of Louis XIV: Regicide & the French political Imagination. She lives in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
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