Brands shows us a leader who got the big issues right and, in doing so, forever changed the expectations of the world. In this elegant, all-encompassing portrayal, master historian H. “This is a rare book, indeed, shedding new light and brilliant insight upon an elusive subject we thought we knew well. It deserves a wide audience, especially among those younger Americans who need to be told why we all owe so much to FDR." This judicious and compelling work is the first major one-volume biography written by an historian too young to have lived in Franklin Roosevelt's time. With Traitor to His Class, he has surpassed even his own high standard.
Brands is a master at finding the essence of an important American life, telling its story grippingly and showing us why it is important to our own generation. Traitor to His Class brilliantly captures the qualities that have made FDR a beloved figure to millions of Americans. Most of all, the book traces in breathtaking detail FDR’s revolutionary efforts with his New Deal legislation to transform the American political economy in order to save it, his forceful-and cagey-leadership before and during World War II, and his lasting legacy in creating the foundations of the postwar international order. Brands offers a compelling and intimate portrait of Roosevelt’s life and career.īrands explores the powerful influence of FDR’s dominating mother and the often tense and always unusual partnership between FDR and his wife, Eleanor, and her indispensable contributions to his presidency. Traitor to His Class sheds new light on FDR's formative years, his remarkable willingness to champion the concerns of the poor and disenfranchised, his combination of political genius, firm leadership, and matchless diplomacy in saving democracy in America during the Great Depression and the American cause of freedom in World War II.ĭrawing on archival materials, public speeches, personal correspondence, and accounts by family and close associates, acclaimed bestselling historian and biographer H.
A sweeping, magisterial biography of the man generally considered the greatest president of the twentieth century, admired by Democrats and Republicans alike.
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