Overview
āBelongs in the library alongside the histories and biographies of Martin Gilbert, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and David McCullough.ā āDoug Stanton, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Horse Soldiers
In this epic and definitive history of the American home front during World War II, New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR won the support of a nation antagonistic to war in Europe and pushed both government and industry to build āthe arsenal of democracyāāthe secret weapon that won the war.
In 1938, the United States was so politically isolationist and pacifist that its defense forces were smaller than Portugalās. That same year, Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered the federal government to spark a dramatic expansion in domestic airplane production, and this minor effortāthree years before the attack on Pearl Harborāwould in time become what Roosevelt called āthe arsenal of democracy,ā the full-throttle unleashing of American enterprise and ingenuity that was the secret weapon for victory in World War II. Signaled by Rooseveltās public fight with Lindberghāknown as the Great Debateāvictory at land, sea, and air across the globe began at home.
In this ārichly detailed, highly readable account of presidential leadership in perilous timesā (New York Journal of Books), Craig Nelson traces how under FDR, the United States rose from poverty and solitude to defeat the greatest evils of the 20th century. By transforming what Americans thought they could achieve, FDRās efforts ended the Great Depression; conquered the fascists of Germany, Italy, and Japan; birthed Americaās middle-class affluence and consumer society; led to jet engines, computers, radar, the military-industrial complex, Big Science, and nuclear weapons; triggered a global economic boom; and turned the U.S. military into a worldwide titanāwith America the undisputed leader of world affairs. While the arsenal of democracy has come to mean this miracle of American industry, when Roosevelt said it, he meant the miracle of the American people.
Revealing an era when Detroit was Silicon Valley; Ford was Apple; and Sears, Roebuck was Amazon, while filled with reflections on our own time, V Is for Victory draws on five years of research to create a powerful and essential narrative largely overlooked in conventional histories of the war but which, in Nelsonās skilled, authoritative hands, becomes an illuminating and important work destined to become an American history classic.
This book title, V Is For Victory (Franklin Roosevelt's American Revolution and the Triumph of World War II), ISBN: 9781982122928, by Craig Nelson, published by Scribner (December 31, 2045) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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