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The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945
Robert H. Ferrell
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Description for The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945
Hardcover. Focusing on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illness, this book looks at how he aimed to hide it. It then goes on to show how his illness effected his role as the President of the US, such as making an agreement with Winston Churchill that he failed to tell the State Department about. Num Pages: 208 pages, 45 illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; BGH; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
In this account, the author shows that the treatment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illnesses in 1944-1945 was managed by none other than the President himself. Although this powerful American president knew that he suffered from cardiovascular disease, he went to great lengths to hide the fact - both from his physician and from the public. Why Roosevelt disguised the nature of his illness may be impossible to discern fully. He was a secretive man who liked to assign only parts of tasks to his assistants so that he, the president would be the only one to know the whole ... Read more
In this account, the author shows that the treatment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illnesses in 1944-1945 was managed by none other than the President himself. Although this powerful American president knew that he suffered from cardiovascular disease, he went to great lengths to hide the fact - both from his physician and from the public. Why Roosevelt disguised the nature of his illness may be impossible to discern fully. He was a secretive man who liked to assign only parts of tasks to his assistants so that he, the president would be the only one to know the whole ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826211712
SKU
V9780826211712
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