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11%OFFRichard Breitman - FDR and the Jews - 9780674416741 - V9780674416741
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FDR and the Jews

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Description for FDR and the Jews Paperback. A contentious debate lingers over whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned his back on the Jews of Hitler s Europe. "FDR and the Jews" reveals a concerned leader whose efforts on behalf of Jews were far greater than those of any other world figure but whose moral leadership was tempered by the political realities of depression and war." Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; HBTZ1; HBWQ; JFSR1; JPA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 716.
Nearly seventy-five years after World War II, a contentious debate lingers over whether Franklin Delano Roosevelt turned his back on the Jews of Hitler's Europe. Defenders claim that FDR saved millions of potential victims by defeating Nazi Germany. Others revile him as morally indifferent and indict him for keeping America's gates closed to Jewish refugees and failing to bomb Auschwitz's gas chambers. In an extensive examination of this impassioned debate, Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman find that the president was neither savior nor bystander. In FDR and the Jews, they draw upon many new primary sources ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Belknap Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
716g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674416741
SKU
V9780674416741
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About Richard Breitman
Richard Breitman is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at American University.Allan J. Lichtman is Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at American University. Authors' home: Washington, DC

Reviews for FDR and the Jews
A penetrating analysis of the historical record, uncovering new sources and answering haunting questions that still linger after 75 years. A must read!
Richard Ben-Veniste, Senior Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, and Commissioner, 9/11 Commission Thoughtful and persuasive... It poses a challenge to the theme that American Jews have no friends, that the gentile world has been at best indifferent to the ... Read more

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