Introduction
Chapter One: The Roosevelt before FDR
Chapter Two: The Young Franklin
Chapter Three: Roosevelt in Office
Chapter Four: Mr. Assistant Secretary
Chapter Five: The Years the Locust Ate: The Democratic Party, 1920–1932
Chapter Six: The Curse of Polio
Chapter Seven: Eleanor: FDR’s Eyes, Ears, and Legs
Chapter Eight: Governor Roosevelt
Chapter Nine: The Great Depression and Herbert Hoover
Chapter Ten: The Election of 1932 and the Interregnum
Chapter Eleven: The One Hundred Days
Chapter Twelve: The Early Vote of Confidence
Chapter Thirteen: The Party Splits Asunder
Chapter Fourteen: The Purge
Chapter Fifteen: The New Deal outside the South
Chapter Sixteen: FDR and the Urban Bosses
Chapter Seventeen: The Fight over Neutrality
Chapter Eighteen: The Election of 1940
Chapter Nineteen: The Road to War
Chapter Twenty: FDR as Commander in Chief, 1942
Chapter Twenty-One: FDR as Commander in Chief, 1943
Chapter Twenty-Two: FDR as Commander in Chief, 1944
Conclusion
Appendix One: Fireside Chats
Appendix Two: New Deal Agencies and Program
Appendix Three: FDR’s Decisions over or against those of Military Advisors
Appendix Four: Important Events, World War II, 1939–45
Selected Bibliography
About the Authors