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The Politics of Upheaval, 1935-1936, volume three of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series, concentrates on the turbulent concluding years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term. A measure of economic recovery revived political conflict and emboldened FDR's critics to denounce "that man in the White house." To his left were demagogues—Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and Dr. Townsend. To his right were the champions of the old order—ex-president Herbert Hoover, the American Liberty League, and the august Supreme Court. For a time, the New Deal seemed to lose its momentum. But in 1935 FDR rallied and produced a legislative record even more impressive than the Hundred Days of 1933—a set of statutes that transformed the social and economic landscape of American life. In 1936 FDR coasted to reelection on a landslide. Schlesinger has his usual touch with colorful personalities and draws a warmly sympathetic portrait of Alf M. Landon, the Republican candidate of 1936.
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Devin Hister
reviewed The Politics of Upheaval, 1935-1936: The Age of Roosevelt (Age of Roosevelt Series), Vol. 3 on December 22, 2014
The Politics of Upheaval, 1935-1936: The Age of Roosevelt (Age of Roosevelt Series), Vol. 3
The first volume of The Age of Roosevelt is really a masterpiece -- the second, which I browsed for 3 years, did not grab me. So I turned the 3rd volume, and read about 1/3 of it - section on radicalism Left and Right during 1935-1936. It is a somewhat breezy review of a great many key figures - interesting, but not intense. Schlesinger, writing in 1960, has a very imperfect understanding of fascism (imo), and sees figures like Huey Long and Coughlin as left populists (in part) -- certainly, they were allied with the La Follettes and Olsens at key points... but the treatment, while interesting, is not that satisfying. His portrait of La Guardia was a hoot, though - and shows some of the best writing in the portion I read.
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