franklin d. roosevelt

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…

Joe Donahue: Steve Shenkin's book "Bomb: The Race to Build-and Steal- The World's Most Dangerous Weapon" was a National Book Award finalist, a Newbery…

Here’s a quick quiz, who was the architect of the New Deal? Easy? You’d think so, however it appears 18% of you think the the answer is AOC, not FDR.…

While America has never had a royal family, it certainly has dynasties. From the Kennedys to the Vanderbilts to the Rockefellers - wealthy and influential…

Author, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin has a new book out today and will be in our region later this month for a pair of events…

Author, historian and Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin’s latest work is “Leadership: In Turbulent Times.” Goodwin explores questions of natural…