Bibliography of Franklin D. Roosevelt

This bibliography of Franklin D. Roosevelt is a selective list of scholarly works about Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States (1933–1945).

General

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• Graham, Otis L. and Meghan Robinson Wander, eds. Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life and Times. (1985). An encyclopedic reference. online

• Hiltzik, Michael. The New Deal: A Modern History (2011), popular history emphasizing personalities; online
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• ; 35 essays by scholars.
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• , the classic narrative history from 1928 to 1935. Strongly supports FDR.

Biographical

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• : despite the title, a highly favorable biography by scholar. Plus Author Webcast Interview at the Pritzker Military Library on January 22, 2009
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• : the most detailed scholarly biography; ends in 1934.
  • Frank Freidel, Franlkin D. Roosevelt The Apprenticeship (vol 1 1952) to 1918; online
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt The Ordeal (1954), covers 1919 to 1928 online
  • Frank Freidel, Franklin D. Roosevelt The Triumph (1956) covers 1929-32 online
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• ; popular joint biography
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• , scholarly biography
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Scholarly topical studies

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• 200 pp; overview by leading British scholar.
• ; On his environmental and conservation beliefs & policies.
• Dunn, Susan. Roosevelt's Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party (2010), on 1938.
• Jeffries, John W. "A 'Third New Deal'? Liberal Policy and the American State, 1937-1945." Journal of Policy History 8.4 (1996): 387-409.
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• . Study of Roosevelt's 1932 election.
• . Study of Roosevelt's 1936 re-election landslide.
• Price, Charles M. and Joseph Boskin. "The Roosevelt 'Purge': A Reappraisal" Journal of Politics (1966) 28#3 660–670. doi:10.2307/2128161
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• Savage, Sean J. Roosevelt, the Party Leader, 1932-1945 (1991).
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• Yoo, John. "Franklin Roosevelt and Presidential Power." Chapman Law Review 21 (2018): 205+. [ on line], a view from the right

Foreign policy and World War II

• Beitzell, Robert. The uneasy alliance; America, Britain, and Russia, 1941-1943 (1972) online
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• Feis, Herbert. Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin; the war they waged and the peace they sought (1957) online
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• Kaiser, David. No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation into War (2014) excerpt and text search
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• Lacey, James. The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II (2019)
• . The Undeclared War, 1940–1941 (1953) OCLC 404227. highly detailed and influential two-volume semi-official history
• . Detailed history of how FDR handled the war.
• McNeill, William H. America, Britain, and Russia: Their Co-operation and Conflict, 1941-1946 (1953)
• Mayers, David. FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II (2013)

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• . Overall history of the war; strong on diplomacy of FDR and other main leaders.
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Criticism

• . A revisionist blames FDR for inciting Japan to attack.
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• criticizes intellectuals who supported FDR.
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• , former FDR supporter condemns all aspects of FDR.
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• , says US should have let USSR and Germany destroy each other.
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• says FDR's racism was primarily to blame.
• , compares populist and paternalist features.
• by libertarian economist who blames both Hoover and FDR.
• . Attacks Roosevelt for passive complicity in allowing Holocaust to happen.

FDR's rhetoric

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Historiography

• Hendrickson, Jr., Kenneth E. "FDR Biographies," in William D. Pederson, ed. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt (2011) pp 1–14
• Provizer, Norman W. "Eleanor Roosevelt Biographies," in William D. Pederson, ed. A Companion to Franklin D. Roosevelt (2011) pp 15–33

Primary sources

• , massive compilation of many public opinion polls from the US.
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• Roosevelt, Franklin. Franklin D. Roosevelt and foreign affairs (FDR Library, 1969) 14 vol. online free to borrow; covers Jan 1933 to Aug 1939; 9 volumes are online
  • (3 vol), covers 1933–37. 2nd series 1937–39 available on microfiche and in a 14 vol print edition at some academic libraries.

See also

• New Deal#Sources & further reading
• United States home front during World War II#Further reading
• Bibliography of Eleanor Roosevelt

External links

• Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress
• Works by Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Franklin D. Roosevelt at Faded Page (Canada)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Personal Manuscripts