1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
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- Title
- 1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny
- Author
- Pietrusza, David
- Publisher
- Lyons Press
- Publication year
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0762793023
- ISBN 13
- 9780762793020
Nominated for the American Library Association (ALA)'s Notable Books Council's 2015 Notable Books List
The outcome seemed foreordained --unstoppable forces advancing upon crumbled, disoriented societies. A merciless Great Depression brought greater--perhaps hopeful, perhaps deadly--transformation: FDR's New Deal and Hitler's Third Reich.
But neither outcome was inevitable.
Readers enter the fray through David Pietrusza's page-turning account: Roosevelt's fellow Democrats may yet halt him at a deadlocked convention. 1928's Democratic nominee, Al Smith, harbors a grudge against his one-time protege. Press baron William Randolph Hearst lays his own plans to block Roosevelt's ascent to the White House. FDR's politically-inspired juggling of a New York City scandal threatens his juggernaut. In Germany, the Nazis surge at the polls but twice fall short of Reichstag majorities. Hitler, tasting power after a lifetime of failure and obscurity, falls to Hindenburg for the presidency --also twice within the year. Cabals and counter-cabals plot. Secrets of love and suicide haunt Hitler.
Yet guile, ambition--and terror--may yet still prevail.
1932's breathtaking narrative covers two epic stories that possess haunting parallels to today's crisis-filled vortex. It is an all-too-human tale of scapegoats and panaceas, class warfare and racial politics, of a seemingly bottomless depression, of massive unemployment and hardship, of unprecedented public works/infrastructure programs, of business stimulus programs and damaging allegations of political cronyism, of waves of bank failures and of mortgages foreclosed, of Washington bonus marches and Berlin street fights, of once-solid financial empires collapsing seemingly overnight, of rapidly shifting social mores, and of mountains of irresponsible international debt threatening to crash not just mere nations but the entire global economy.
It is the tale of spell-binding leaders versus bland businessmen and out-of-touch upper-class elites and of two nations inching to safety but lurching toward disaster. It is 1932's nightmare --with lessons for today.
It is the tale of spell-binding leaders versus bland businessmen and out-of-touch upper-class elites and of two nations inching to safety but lurching toward disaster. It is 1932's nightmare --with lessons for today.
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About the Author
David Pietrusza's books include 1920: The Year of Six Presidents; Rothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series; 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World; and 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies.
Rothstein was an Edgar Award finalist. Kirkus honored 1920 as among their "Books of the Year."
Pietrusza has appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe, The Voice of America, The History Channel, the Fox News Channel, AMC, ESPN, NPR, C-SPAN, and Newsmax TV. He has spoken at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, the Harry S Truman Library & Museum, the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and various universities and festivals. He lives in upstate New York. Visit davidpietrusza.com.
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