Man of Destiny: FDR and the Making of the American Century By Alonzo Hamby

Abstract

With this portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alonzo Hamby adds to his large body of distinguished work on the Roosevelt and Truman presidencies. The book covers familiar ground in Roosevelt biographies, but adds interesting and sometimes challenging interpretations of Roosevelt’s performance. There is much to be admired here; there are also some puzzles and disappointments.