Roosevelt: The Lion And The Fox
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
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A landmark work of American political biography, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox chronicles the first two terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, from his triumphant 1932 election through the turbulent battles of the New Deal era. Drawing on the dual metaphor of Machiavelli's prince — the lion who commands through strength and the fox who governs through cunning — James MacGregor Burns presents a nuanced and unflinching portrait of one of history's most complex political figures. Burns argues that while Roosevelt's pragmatic brilliance and personal magnetism made him a transformative leader, his reluctance to commit to firm ideological principles ultimately limited his greatest ambitions. Written with the analytical rigor of a political scientist and the narrative drive of a master storyteller, the biography illuminates the tensions between Roosevelt's soaring rhetoric and his often cautious, calculating political maneuvering. First published in 1956, this Pulitzer Prize–winning classic remains an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the man who reshaped the American presidency.
Author: James Macgregor Burns
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Secker & Warburg
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
A landmark work of American political biography, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox chronicles the first two terms of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency, from his triumphant 1932 election through the turbulent battles of the New Deal era. Drawing on the dual metaphor of Machiavelli's prince — the lion who commands through strength and the fox who governs through cunning — James MacGregor Burns presents a nuanced and unflinching portrait of one of history's most complex political figures. Burns argues that while Roosevelt's pragmatic brilliance and personal magnetism made him a transformative leader, his reluctance to commit to firm ideological principles ultimately limited his greatest ambitions. Written with the analytical rigor of a political scientist and the narrative drive of a master storyteller, the biography illuminates the tensions between Roosevelt's soaring rhetoric and his often cautious, calculating political maneuvering. First published in 1956, this Pulitzer Prize–winning classic remains an essential text for anyone seeking to understand the man who reshaped the American presidency.