FDR

Only four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration from the frightening early months of spring 1933 until he died in April 1945, on the cusp of wartime victory. Derek Leebaert writes about his in his book, "Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made."

From the New York Times bestselling authors of “The First Conspiracy” and “The Lincoln Conspiracy” comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II. Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch’s new page-turner, “The Nazi Conspiracy,” explores the details FDR’s pivotal meeting in Tehran and the deadly Nazi plot. We spoke with Brad Meltzer.

In "Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide Victory and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal" historian David Pietrusza provides an original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a country at a crossroads.

Martin Dugard is the New York Times #1 bestselling author of the new book "Taking Paris: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights." In the book, Dugard applies his engaging style to the true story of of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War II.

A WAMC encore airing of the Power of Words. WAMC’s Alan Chartock In Conversation with the late, best-selling author Joseph Persico. The pair discuss…

An encore interview with WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with the late Joseph Persico about his book - Roosevelt's Centurions: FDR and the Commanders…

With the U.S. economy in tatters, two New York state lawmakers have come up with a plan inspired by the economic crisis brought by the Great…

With Presidents Day just around the corner, the Siena College Research Institute has released its sixth poll of presidential scholars, historians and…

A Berkshires author has penned a book about Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s time on his houseboat. FDR spent three winters in the Florida Keys, hoping to…

Among other accomplishments, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is known for his first inaugural speech when he said the only thing to fear was "fear…