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| Author | : Blaise Picchi |
| Publisher | : Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : |
An analysis of the true crime of Giuseppe Zangara, who fired five shots at FDR in 1933, missing him but killing Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago.
| Author | : Sally Denton |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 285 |
| Release | : 2012-01-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1608190897 |
An assessment of the political and physical dangers faced by the newly elected President Roosevelt in 1933 profiles such adversaries as would-be assassin Giuseppe Zangara and populist demagogues Huey Long and Charles Coughlin.
| Author | : Joseph E. Persico |
| Publisher | : Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 594 |
| Release | : 2002-10-22 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0375761268 |
Despite all that has already been written on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Persico has uncovered a hitherto overlooked dimension of FDR's wartime leadership: his involvement in intelligence and espionage operations. Roosevelt's Secret War is crowded with remarkable revelations: -FDR wanted to bomb Tokyo before Pearl Harbor -A defector from Hitler's inner circle reported directly to the Oval Office -Roosevelt knew before any other world leader of Hitler's plan to invade Russia -Roosevelt and Churchill concealed a disaster costing hundreds of British soldiers' lives in order to protect Ultra, the British codebreaking secret -An unwitting Japanese diplomat provided the President with a direct pipeline into Hitler's councils Roosevelt's Secret War also describes how much FDR had been told--before the Holocaust--about the coming fate of Europe's Jews. And Persico also provides a definitive answer to the perennial question Did FDR know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor? By temperament and character, no American president was better suited for secret warfare than FDR. He manipulated, compartmentalized, dissembled, and misled, demonstrating a spymaster's talent for intrigue. He once remarked, "I never let my right hand know what my left hand does." Not only did Roosevelt create America's first central intelligence agency, the OSS, under "Wild Bill" Donovan, but he ran spy rings directly from the Oval Office, enlisting well-placed socialite friends. FDR was also spied against. Roosevelt's Secret War presents evidence that the Soviet Union had a source inside the Roosevelt White House; that British agents fed FDR total fabrications to draw the United States into war; and that Roosevelt, by yielding to Churchill's demand that British scientists be allowed to work on the Manhattan Project, enabled the secrets of the bomb to be stolen. And these are only a few of the scores of revelations in this constantly surprising story of Roosevelt's hidden role in World War II.
| Author | : J B Rivard |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2017-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780996836333 |
Chicago, 1933. Magician Nick Zetner¿s magic act is the victim of vaudeville¿s demise and the Great Depression. He embarks on a risky quest to regain his life. Along the way, a love he thought he¿d forever lost is rekindled. Is this magic . . . or simply an illusion?The question plays out during the political upheaval following the wounding of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who took a bullet during the real-life assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, Feb. 15, 1933. Nineteen days later, Cermak died.In modern style, the screenplay ranges through historic Chicago, its comedy and plight, exposing the intrigues of the City¿s famous and infamous, as Nick Zetner¿s dreams, adversity and insights unfold. Using ¿the mind¿s eye¿ and this easy-to-read format, movie fans may enjoy the cinematic experience of J.B. Rivard¿s acclaimed novel, Illusions of Magic: Love and Intrigue in 1933 Chicago.
| Author | : Michael Hiltzik |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 514 |
| Release | : 2011-09-13 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1439154481 |
From first to last the New Deal was a work in progress, a patchwork of often contradictory ideas.
| Author | : Jared Cohen |
| Publisher | : Simon & Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 528 |
| Release | : 2020-01-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1501109839 |
This New York Times bestselling “deep dive into the terms of eight former presidents is chock-full of political hijinks—and déjà vu” (Vanity Fair) and provides a fascinating look at the men who came to the office without being elected to it, showing how each affected the nation and world. The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Eight men have succeeded to the presidency when the incumbent died in office. In one way or another they vastly changed our history. Only Theodore Roosevelt would have been elected in his own right. Only TR, Truman, Coolidge, and LBJ were re-elected. John Tyler succeeded William Henry Harrison who died 30 days into his term. He was kicked out of his party and became the first president threatened with impeachment. Millard Fillmore succeeded esteemed General Zachary Taylor. He immediately sacked the entire cabinet and delayed an inevitable Civil War by standing with Henry Clay’s compromise of 1850. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded our greatest president, sided with remnants of the Confederacy in Reconstruction. Chester Arthur, the embodiment of the spoils system, was so reviled as James Garfield’s successor that he had to defend himself against plotting Garfield’s assassination; but he reformed the civil service. Theodore Roosevelt broke up the trusts. Calvin Coolidge silently cooled down the Harding scandals and preserved the White House for the Republican Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Harry Truman surprised everybody when he succeeded the great FDR and proved an able and accomplished president. Lyndon B. Johnson was named to deliver Texas electorally. He led the nation forward on Civil Rights but failed on Vietnam. Accidental Presidents shows that “history unfolds in death as well as in life” (The Wall Street Journal) and adds immeasurably to our understanding of the power and limits of the American presidency in critical times.
| Author | : Joseph T. McCann |
| Publisher | : Sentient Publications |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1591810493 |
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 generated fear and concern among most Americans that we are no longer safe in our communities. However, terrorism is not a new phenomenon in the US. This book chronicles the history of terrorist plots and attacks on American soil in a case format. Included are not only the most infamous attacks, but others that are obscure or relatively unknown, but fascinating nevertheless, and which illustrate important lessons about the changing nature of terrorism.
| Author | : Stephen Sondheim |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Assassins |
| ISBN | : 9781559360395 |
Evokes a fraternity of Presidential assassins across a hundred years of history. Examines success, failure, and the questionable drive for power and celebrity in American society. | Original cast recording; booklet includes lyrics.
| Author | : Thomas Doherty |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2020-11-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0231552653 |
The biggest crime story in American history began on the night of March 1, 1932, when the twenty-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was snatched from his crib in Hopewell, New Jersey. The news shocked a nation enthralled with the aviator, the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic. American law enforcement marshalled all its resources to return “Little Lindy” to the arms of his parents—and perhaps even more energized were the legions of journalists catering to a public whose appetite for Lindbergh news was insatiable. In Little Lindy Is Kidnapped, Thomas Doherty offers a lively and comprehensive cultural history of the media coverage of the abduction and its aftermath. Beginning with Lindbergh’s ascent to fame and proceeding through the trial and execution of the accused kidnapper, Doherty traces how newspapers, radio, and newsreels reported on what was dubbed the “crime of the century.” He casts the affair as a transformative moment for American journalism, analyzing how the case presented new challenges and opportunities for each branch of the media in the days before the rise of television. Coverage of the Lindbergh story, Doherty reveals, set the template for the way the media would treat breaking news ever after. An engrossing account of an endlessly fascinating case, Little Lindy Is Kidnapped sheds new light on an enduring quality of journalism ever since: the media’s eye on a crucial part of the story—itself.
| Author | : Ronald Shafer |
| Publisher | : Chicago Review Press |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2016-09-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 161373543X |
The Carnival Campaign tells the fascinating story of the pivotal 1840 presidential campaign of General William Henry Harrison and John Tyler—"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." Pulitzer Prize–nominated former Wall Street Journal reporter Ronald Shafer relates in a colorful, entertaining style how the campaign marked a series of "firsts" that changed politicking forever: the first campaign as mass entertainment; the first "image campaign," in which strategists portrayed Harrison as a poor man living in a log cabin sipping hard cider (he lived in a mansion and drank only sweet cider); the first time big money was a factor; the first time women could openly participate; and more. While today's electorate has come to view campaigns that emphasize style over substance as a matter of course, this book shows voters how it all began.
