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Description for Backlash
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 490.
On election night 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sitting on top of the political world. Within a year, two seismic events would transform the political landscape. A nationwide outbreak of labor unrest, particularly the spread of a new and potent union weapon, the sit-down strike, and FDR's launching of a scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court would combine to generate a fierce public backlash that tarnished Roosevelt's mystique and drained the lifeblood from the New Deal. This is the engrossing story that Robert Shogan relates so compellingly in Backlash.
On election night 1936, Franklin D. Roosevelt was sitting on top of the political world. Within a year, two seismic events would transform the political landscape. A nationwide outbreak of labor unrest, particularly the spread of a new and potent union weapon, the sit-down strike, and FDR's launching of a scheme to overhaul the Supreme Court would combine to generate a fierce public backlash that tarnished Roosevelt's mystique and drained the lifeblood from the New Deal. This is the engrossing story that Robert Shogan relates so compellingly in Backlash.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566636742
SKU
V9781566636742
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99-15
About Robert Shogan
Robert Shogan has also written The Double-Edged Sword, The Fate of the Union, Hard Bargain, Riddle of Power, Bad News, Constant Conflict, and The Battle of Blair Mountain. A former prizewinning national political correspondent for Newsweek and Los Angeles Times, he now lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Reviews for Backlash
Shogan offers a fresh perspective. . . . [His] book succinctly reminds us of what was, and what might have been.
Stanley Kutler Shogan's probing narrative demonstrates that the tumultuous events of the Roosevelt presidency had consequences that are still felt today.
Patrick Maney Every aspiring politician, historian, and journalist should read this book.
Nick Kotz Robert ... Read more
Stanley Kutler Shogan's probing narrative demonstrates that the tumultuous events of the Roosevelt presidency had consequences that are still felt today.
Patrick Maney Every aspiring politician, historian, and journalist should read this book.
Nick Kotz Robert ... Read more