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Steven LomazowOct 2, 20157 min read

FDR: The Way it Really Happened Chapter 1

February 20, 1945

J. Bradford DeLongMar 25, 2015

Liveblogging World War II: March 25, 1945: Albert Einstein to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Originally published at www.bradford-delong.com.

J. Bradford DeLong in The Arc of Economic HistoryApr 20, 20158 min read

Liveblogging World War II: April 20, 1945: Winston S. Churchill on Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Winston S. Churchill: Parliamentary Debates:

I beg to move:

“That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, to…

Abby Hocking in The ThirtiesNov 19, 20154 min read

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

January 30, 1882 — April 12, 1945

Who Was Franklin D. Roosevelt?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR.
He attended Harvard University in 1900.

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J. Bradford DeLongDec 30, 20151 min read

Must-Read: From “The Defining Moment” to “The Long Exception”…

Jefferson Cowie and Nick Salvatore (2008): The Long Exception: Rethinking the Place of the New Deal in American History: “The period from Franklin Roosevelt to the end of the twentieth century… [shows] that the New Deal…

Steven LomazowOct 2, 2015

Liveblogging World War II: April 12, 1945: The Death of President Franklin Roosevelt

J. Bradford DeLong

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You will notice that Tully purposely excluded the presence of one key individual. Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd. FDR’s love would not be publicly revealed until after Eleanor’s death in 1966 in an article in Life Magazine by Jonathan Daniels.

J. Bradford DeLongAug 7, 20152 min read

Liveblogging World War II: August 5, 1945: Harry S. Truman

Harry S Truman: Longhand Note on Board U.S.S. Augusta:

Well we’ve been away from Berlin since 8 o’clock the morning of Aug. 2 and I am very sure no one wants to go back to that awful city.

sapiajah93Sep 1, 20151 min read

∶ Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante [Susan Elia MacNeal]

In this latest riveting mystery from New York Times…

J. Bradford DeLongApr 12, 20154 min read

Liveblogging World War II: April 12, 1945: The Death of President Franklin Roosevelt

Grace Tully: F.D.R. My Boss:

I could feel a chill in my heart, a sense that this was something different from another complaint about his sinus acting up or his…

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J. Bradford DeLongApr 17, 20152 min read

Liveblogging World War II: April 17, 1945: Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt: [My Day):

WASHINGTON, Monday — When you have lived for a long time in close contact with the loss and grief which today pervades the world, any personal sorrow seems to be lost in…