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Robert Dallek

Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life

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Did the New Deal Need FDR?

His political evolution points to a different locus of power than the one liberals tend to invoke when discussing the era’s history.

by Kim Phillips-Fein via The Nation on November 11, 2019

Franklin Roosevelt looks at a large globe.

Inside Every Foreigner

A review of Robert Dallek's book, "Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life."

by Jackson Lears via London Review of Books on February 21, 2019

Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson at his desk in November 1957.

When Lyndon B. Johnson Chose the Middle Ground on Civil Rights—and Disappointed Everyone

Always a dealmaker, then-senator LBJ negotiated with segregationists to pass a bill that cautiously advanced racial equality.

by Zachary Clary via Smithsonian Magazine on January 23, 2023

Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara in a Cabinet meeting.

Juxtaposing Liberal Nationalism and International Politics: Lyndon Johnson on Vietnam War

How and why did Johnson consider American military involvement in Vietnam a worthwhile cause that would benefit American interests and American lives?

by Zachary Clary via Journal of the History of Ideas Blog on April 4, 2022

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