The improbable Wendell Willkie : the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and...
The improbable Wendell Willkie : the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and...
The improbable Wendell Willkie : the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order / David Levering Lewis.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
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G 2019/0114
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Elwood, August 17, 1940 -- "Grass-roots stuff" -- Puerto Rico to Commonwealth & Southern -- Willkie v. FDR : the politics of business, the business of politics -- 1940 : political science and serendipity -- The Philadelphia story -- Saving the GOP to save freedom -- Pas de deux : Willkie and Rooseve...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
Presents the story of the 1940s Wall Street attorney and presidential candidate to explore his advocacy of civil rights, promotion of America's involvement in international politics, and enduring legacy.
1940. In the wake of one of the most tumultuous Republican conventions ever, Willkie was an unexpected candidate for the presidency. Though he would go on to lose the election to FDR, Willkie was a man governed by principles and seldom allowed rigid categories to stand in his way. He created an unlikely alliance of supporters, including anti-big-go...
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The improbable Wendell Willkie : the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order / David Levering Lewis.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-356) and index.
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G 2019/0114
Record Identifier
74VKVjOLL43l
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVjOLL43l
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ISBN
0871404575 (hardcover)
9780871404572 (hardcover)
DDC
324.2092 B
MMS ID
991024210056002626
