Robert Dallek
Contributor
Website : Robert Dallek at UCLA
Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles. Author of Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945, Hail to the Chief: The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents, and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Was there a “back door” to World War II, as some revisionist historians have asserted? According to this view, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, inhibited by the American public’s opposition to direct U.S. involvement in the fighting and determined to save Great Britain from a Nazi victory in…
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Publications (3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt A Political Life (2017)
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR
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"We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation's entire history" --Nigel Hamilton, Boston Globe
"Meticulously researched and authoritative" --Douglas Brinkley, The Washington Post
"A workmanlike addition to the literature on Roosevelt." --David Nasaw, The New York Times
"Dallek offers...
Hail to the Chief The Making and Unmaking of the American Presidents (September 1996)
An analysis of the history of the U.S. presidency details the lives of each president and looks at why some have become national heroes while others have faded into historical obscurity, revealing five qualities that successful presidents have typically brought to the Oval Office. Tour.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and American Foreign Policy, 1932-1945 (April 1979)
"Essential reading for those interested in the Roosevelt years."--Political Science Quarterly
"The best book that has been written on this important subject."--William Leuchtenburh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"The best book that has been written on this important subject."--William Leuchtenburh, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill