{"product_id":"franklin-delano-roosevelt-2","title":"Franklin Delano Roosevelt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the U.S., looms large over the history of the nation and the world. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eServing in office for an unprecedented 12 years, he, along with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, guided the nation through two of the 20th century’s most dire crises: the Great Depression and World War II. Elected in 1932, amidst the Great Depression, he launched the New Deal, a series of laws and programs designed to broaden the federal government’s authority over the economy and provide Americans with a social safety net. Facing the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia, Roosevelt forged an alliance with the United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., and China that fought a grueling and ultimately victorious war against Germany, Italy, and Japan. Throughout, he held fast to the idea that a government should be responsive to the needs of ordinary people, a vision that he carried into international relations when he promoted the establishment of the United Nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a sensitivity to his flaws as well as strengths, \u003ci\u003eFranklin Delano Roosevelt: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works\u003c\/i\u003e probes the people, events, organizations, policies and places that inhabited the orbit of this magnetic and complex personality. It contains a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and cross-referenced entries on the people, events, organizations, and policies that defined his life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55807525585240,"sku":"9781538145227","price":107.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781538145227_2cdeb107-a76b-4cbb-adbe-c6b4b3880f2f.jpg?v=1778021122","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/franklin-delano-roosevelt-2","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}