🦅 Fdr Presidency

Explorations of Franklin Roosevelt's transformative years in office, from the New Deal to World War II, and the reshaping of American government and global power.

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. • 1957

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

4.19

455

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 Summary

The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-33 91%

An aristocrat's reluctant turn toward populism, set against the crash of an economic order.

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. 1957

4.19

455 ratings

🇺🇸 Presidential Biography 🗽 Interwar America 🌱 Political Origins

The President and the Parties

by Sidney M. Milkis • 1993

The presidency became an administrative fortress under FDR, and parties have never recovered.

3.69

🏛️ American Political Development 🏢 Administrative State 🦅 Presidential Power

The President and the Parties 90%

The presidency became an administrative fortress under FDR, and parties have never recovered.

by Sidney M. Milkis 1993

3.69

13 ratings

🏛️ American Political Development 🏢 Administrative State 🦅 Presidential Power

The Situation Room

by George Stephanopoulos • 2024

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

4.33

11k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making

The Situation Room 89%

Twelve presidents. One basement room. The crises that revealed who they really were.

by George Stephanopoulos 2024

4.33

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🏠 White House History ⚡ Crisis Decision Making

Confronting the Presidents

by Bill O'Reilly • 2024

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

4.26

7k+

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History

Confronting the Presidents 89%

Every president had flaws, some fatal. A blunt survey of who delivered, who failed, and why.

by Bill O'Reilly 2024

4.26

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 👤 Character Studies 🗣️ Opinionated History

Freedom from Fear

by David M. Kennedy • 1999

How World War I's broken peace became the Depression, and World War II made modern America.

4.21

5k+

🏚️ Great Depression 🏛️ New Deal Era ⚔️ World War Two

Freedom from Fear 89%

How World War I's broken peace became the Depression, and World War II made modern America.

by David M. Kennedy 1999

4.21

5k+ ratings

🏚️ Great Depression 🏛️ New Deal Era ⚔️ World War Two

Leadership

by Doris Kearns Goodwin • 2018

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

4.40

16k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership

Leadership 89%

Before they transformed the nation, they were broken by life. Four presidents, one pattern.

by Doris Kearns Goodwin 2018

4.40

16k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🗳️ Political Leadership 📖 Biographical Leadership

Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal

by James T. Patterson • 1981

The revolt against the New Deal was no conspiracy. It was Congress returning to its natural state.

4.30

🏛️ Congressional History 📜 New Deal Era ⚖️ Legislative Politics

Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal Summary

Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal 89%

The revolt against the New Deal was no conspiracy. It was Congress returning to its natural state.

by James T. Patterson 1981

4.30

10 ratings

🏛️ Congressional History 📜 New Deal Era ⚖️ Legislative Politics

Dividing Citizens

by Suzanne Mettler • 1998

Why Social Security turned men into rights-bearing citizens and women into dependents.

4.18

📜 New Deal Policies 🏛️ American Welfare State ⚖️ Federalism And Gender

Dividing Citizens 89%

Why Social Security turned men into rights-bearing citizens and women into dependents.

by Suzanne Mettler 1998

4.18

17 ratings

📜 New Deal Policies 🏛️ American Welfare State ⚖️ Federalism And Gender

Day Of Deceit

by Robert B. Stinnett • 1999

FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.

3.68

489

🛳️ Pacific War 📋 Revisionist History 📡 Wartime Intelligence

Day Of Deceit 89%

FDR provoked Japan into attacking, then hid the intercepted warnings from Pearl Harbor.

by Robert B. Stinnett 1999

3.68

489 ratings

🛳️ Pacific War 📋 Revisionist History 📡 Wartime Intelligence

The Plot to Seize the White House

by Jules Archer • 1973

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

4.03

974

🏛️ American Politics 🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America

The Plot to Seize the White House Summary

The Plot to Seize the White House 88%

Wall Street plotted a fascist coup against FDR. The general they recruited was the wrong man.

by Jules Archer 1973

4.03

974 ratings

🏛️ American Politics 🕰️ 1930s America ⚠️ Fascism In America

Confidence Man

by Maggie Haberman • 2022

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

4.09

11k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics

Confidence Man 88%

Roy Cohn's code: attack, deny, counter-sue. The protege who learned it eventually ran the country.

by Maggie Haberman 2022

4.09

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🗽 New York Politics 📺 Media And Politics

Truman by David McCullough

by David McCullough • 1992

A failed haberdasher from Missouri inherits the presidency, the atomic bomb, and the Cold War.

4.17

92k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 📖 Narrative History

Truman by David McCullough 88%

A failed haberdasher from Missouri inherits the presidency, the atomic bomb, and the Cold War.

by David McCullough 1992

4.17

92k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 📖 Narrative History

George Washington

by James MacGregor Burns • 2004

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

3.97

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins

George Washington 88%

How Washington invented the presidency from scratch, and why his precedents still rule the office.

by James MacGregor Burns 2004

3.97

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🔔 Founding Era 📜 Constitutional Origins

Crisis and Command

by John Yoo • 2010

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

3.64

132

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History

Crisis and Command 88%

America's greatest presidents kept breaking the rules. That was the point.

by John Yoo 2010

3.64

132 ratings

🏛️ Executive Power 📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Presidential History

The Forgotten Man

by Amity Shlaes • 2007

The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.

3.91

6k+

🏚️ Great Depression 🇺🇸 Us Economic History 📜 New Deal Criticism

The Forgotten Man 88%

The 1929 crash didn't cause a decade of misery. Government experiments did, and the taxpayer paid.

by Amity Shlaes 2007

3.91

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Great Depression 🇺🇸 Us Economic History 📜 New Deal Criticism

The Demagogue's Playbook

by Eric A. Posner • 2020

The Founders built a republic to keep demagogues out. Two centuries later, the safeguards are gone.

3.79

147

🗣️ Demagoguery 🗳️ Populism 🏛️ Founding Fathers

The Demagogue's Playbook 88%

The Founders built a republic to keep demagogues out. Two centuries later, the safeguards are gone.

by Eric A. Posner 2020

3.79

147 ratings

🗣️ Demagoguery 🗳️ Populism 🏛️ Founding Fathers

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama • 2020

The Obama presidency from the inside: economic crisis, the healthcare battle, and the cost of hope.

4.31

279k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ American Politics 🏥 Healthcare Reform

A Promised Land 88%

The Obama presidency from the inside: economic crisis, the healthcare battle, and the cost of hope.

by Barack Obama 2020

4.31

279k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ American Politics 🏥 Healthcare Reform

The American Presidency

by Charles O. Jones • 2007

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

3.41

227

🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

The American Presidency 88%

The presidency was built to be strong but never supreme. Two centuries later, the tension endures.

by Charles O. Jones 2007

3.41

227 ratings

🏛️ American Presidency 📜 Constitutional Design ⚖️ Separation Of Powers

We Are the Change We Seek

by E.J. Dionne Jr. • 2017

The speeches that carried a presidency: how rhetoric meets crisis and race in a divided country.

4.35

562

🏛️ Presidential Rhetoric 🎙️ Political Oratory ⚖️ Racial Justice

We Are the Change We Seek 88%

The speeches that carried a presidency: how rhetoric meets crisis and race in a divided country.

by E.J. Dionne Jr. 2017

4.35

562 ratings

🏛️ Presidential Rhetoric 🎙️ Political Oratory ⚖️ Racial Justice

Fear

by Bob Woodward • 2018

Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.

3.87

66k+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🔥 White House Chaos ⚔️ Staff Power Struggles

Fear 88%

Top advisors believed the president endangered the country. They worked in secret to stop him.

by Bob Woodward 2018

3.87

66k+ ratings

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🔥 White House Chaos ⚔️ Staff Power Struggles

COUNSELOR

by Theodore C. Sorensen • 2008

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

4.05

1k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration

COUNSELOR 88%

Kennedy's speechwriter and closest advisor for eleven years tells what the history books leave out.

by Theodore C. Sorensen 2008

4.05

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📝 Political Memoirs 🕯️ Kennedy Administration

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic

by Stephen Skowronek • 2021

Two fictions, deep state and unitary executive, feed each other, dismantling American governance.

4.04

🇺🇸 American Presidency 🏢 Administrative State 🏛️ Presidential Power

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic Summary

Phantoms of a Beleaguered Republic 88%

Two fictions, deep state and unitary executive, feed each other, dismantling American governance.

by Stephen Skowronek 2021

4.04

25 ratings

🇺🇸 American Presidency 🏢 Administrative State 🏛️ Presidential Power

The World As It Is

by Ben Rhodes • 2018

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

4.30

13k+

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative

The World As It Is 88%

The speechwriter who crafted Obama's story now reveals the parts they had to leave out.

by Ben Rhodes 2018

4.30

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Obama Administration 🌐 Foreign Policy 📖 Political Narrative

by George W. Bush • 2014

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

4.08

12k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership

41 88%

A son's Oval Office portrait of his father: loss, war, and the quiet character that held.

by George W. Bush 2014

4.08

12k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 📜 Political Memoirs 🧭 Principled Leadership

What I Saw at the Revolution

by Peggy Noonan • 1990

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

3.91

852

🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting

What I Saw at the Revolution 88%

A Brooklyn speechwriter gives Reagan his voice, then finds power is hollow at the center.

by Peggy Noonan 1990

3.91

852 ratings

🇺🇸 Reagan Era 🏛️ White House Memoirs ✍️ Political Speechwriting

Why the New Deal Matters

by Eric Rauchway • 2021

Democracies fell to fascism. America tried something different: paychecks and public works.

3.98

235

🏛️ New Deal 📜 Progressive Reform 🗳️ Democratic Resilience

Why the New Deal Matters 88%

Democracies fell to fascism. America tried something different: paychecks and public works.

by Eric Rauchway 2021

3.98

235 ratings

🏛️ New Deal 📜 Progressive Reform 🗳️ Democratic Resilience

Building a New American State

by Stephen Skowronek • 1982

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

3.75

🇺🇸 American Politics 🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era

Building a New American State 88%

Before the New Deal, there was the Progressive Era: how America built its administrative state.

by Stephen Skowronek 1982

3.75

57 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🏗️ State Building ⏳ Progressive Era

Decision Points

by George W. Bush • 2010

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

3.81

43k+

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism

Decision Points 88%

He arrived planning education reform; history handed him 9/11 and two wars.

by George W. Bush 2010

3.81

43k+ ratings

📖 Presidential Memoirs 🏛️ Post-9/11 Politics 🛡️ Counterterrorism

The Long Alliance

by Gabriel Debenedetti • 2022

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

4.02

264

🏛️ Obama Era 🤝 Political Partnerships 🇺🇸 American Presidency

The Long Alliance 88%

What held the Obama presidency together was the partnership nobody expected to work.

by Gabriel Debenedetti 2022

4.02

264 ratings

🏛️ Obama Era 🤝 Political Partnerships 🇺🇸 American Presidency

The Path to Power

by Robert A. Caro • 1982

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

4.43

27k+

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation

The Path to Power 88%

Before the presidency, a Texas hill country boy learned the dark arts of power on a college campus.

by Robert A. Caro 1982

4.43

27k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biographies 🎭 Political Manipulation ⚡ Power Accumulation

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve

by Peter Conti-Brown • 2016

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

4.21

137

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve Summary

The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve 88%

The Fed wasn't born independent: three political remakings built it, each driven by personality.

by Peter Conti-Brown 2016

4.21

137 ratings

🏦 Central Banking 📉 Monetary Policy 🗳️ Political Economy

Keeping the Republic

by Mitch Daniels • 2011

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

4.02

252

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy

Keeping the Republic 88%

A governor's playbook for cutting debt and restoring self-reliance, minus the Washington fantasies.

by Mitch Daniels 2011

4.02

252 ratings

💰 Fiscal Conservatism 🏛️ Limited Government 📉 Fiscal Policy

Lincoln on Leadership for Today

by Donald T. Phillips • 2017

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

3.87

258

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management

Lincoln on Leadership for Today 88%

How Lincoln held a fractured nation together: leadership tactics that still work in the boardroom.

by Donald T. Phillips 2017

3.87

258 ratings

🏛️ Presidential Leadership 📜 Applied History 🚨 Crisis Management

The Room Where It Happened

by John Bolton • 2020

Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.

3.17

15k+

🏛️ Trump Presidency 📖 White House Memoirs 🌐 American Foreign Policy

The Room Where It Happened 88%

Loyalty got you the job, but bureaucratic warfare kept the White House from doing its job.

by John Bolton 2020

3.17

15k+ ratings

🏛️ Trump Presidency 📖 White House Memoirs 🌐 American Foreign Policy

The Trials of Harry S. Truman

by Jeffrey Frank • 2022

Kept in the dark by FDR, an ordinary Missourian inherited the bomb, Stalin, and Korea.

3.99

566

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War Origins ☢️ Nuclear Age

The Trials of Harry S. Truman 88%

Kept in the dark by FDR, an ordinary Missourian inherited the bomb, Stalin, and Korea.

by Jeffrey Frank 2022

3.99

566 ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War Origins ☢️ Nuclear Age

Retribution

by Jonathan Karl • 2025

Retribution drove Trump's 2024 return. On Day One, the Justice Department became a weapon.

4.05

1k+

🇺🇸 American Politics 🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Trump Presidency

Retribution 88%

Retribution drove Trump's 2024 return. On Day One, the Justice Department became a weapon.

by Jonathan Karl 2025

4.05

1k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Trump Presidency

John Adams

by David McCullough • 2001

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

4.09

379k+

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era

John Adams 88%

Washington led the army, Jefferson wrote the words. Adams did the work that saved them both.

by David McCullough 2001

4.09

379k+ ratings

👔 Founding Fathers 🇺🇸 Presidential Biography ⚔️ Revolutionary War Era

America's Three Regimes

by Morton Keller • 2007

Three political orders, not short eras, have governed America. Each endured a century or more.

3.29

🏛️ American Political History 📜 Institutional History 🔄 Political Development

America's Three Regimes 88%

Three political orders, not short eras, have governed America. Each endured a century or more.

by Morton Keller 2007

3.29

45 ratings

🏛️ American Political History 📜 Institutional History 🔄 Political Development

The Storm Before the Calm

by George Friedman • 2020

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

4.05

3k+

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

The Storm Before the Calm 88%

Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.

by George Friedman 2020

4.05

3k+ ratings

🏛️ American Political History 🔄 Cyclical History 🌪️ Crisis And Renewal

In Trump Time

by Peter Navarro • 2021

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

4.53

755

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins

In Trump Time 88%

A Trump insider: the pandemic was engineered, the cure suppressed, and the election stolen.

by Peter Navarro 2021

4.53

755 ratings

🏛️ Trump Presidency 🦠 Pandemic Politics 🔬 Covid Origins

Eisenhower

by Stephen E. Ambrose • 1990

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

4.03

13k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership

Eisenhower 88%

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

by Stephen E. Ambrose 1990

4.03

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership

Days of Fire

by Peter Baker • 2013

Bush and Cheney steered America through 9/11 and two wars; one pardon destroyed the partnership.

4.11

4k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🇺🇸 Bush Administration 💥 Iraq War

Days of Fire 87%

Bush and Cheney steered America through 9/11 and two wars; one pardon destroyed the partnership.

by Peter Baker 2013

4.11

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🇺🇸 Bush Administration 💥 Iraq War

Liberty and Coercion

by Gary Gerstle • 2015

Federal liberty, state coercion: the two-hundred-year paradox at the heart of American governance.

4.04

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌐 Federalism ⚖️ States' Rights

Liberty and Coercion 87%

Federal liberty, state coercion: the two-hundred-year paradox at the heart of American governance.

by Gary Gerstle 2015

4.04

77 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional History 🌐 Federalism ⚖️ States' Rights

His Very Best

by Jonathan Alter • 2020

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

4.35

3k+

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy

His Very Best 87%

The one-term president who redefined what a former president can do.

by Jonathan Alter 2020

4.35

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential Biography 🚪 Outsider Politics 🕊️ Human Rights Diplomacy

Audience of One

by James Poniewozik • 2019

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

4.19

926

📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars

Audience of One 87%

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

by James Poniewozik 2019

4.19

926 ratings

📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars

The First Family Detail

by Ronald Kessler • 2014

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

3.37

4k+

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé

The First Family Detail 87%

Cruelty, affairs, nuclear lapses: what Secret Service agents witnessed inside the White House.

by Ronald Kessler 2014

3.37

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Presidential History 🛡️ Secret Service 📰 Political Exposé

Lucky

by Jonathan Allen • 2021

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

3.87

1k+

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles

Lucky 87%

How Biden really won: not strategy, but opponent blunders, a pandemic, and one endorsement.

by Jonathan Allen 2021

3.87

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Presidential Campaigns 🏛️ Democratic Party ⚔️ Primary Battles

Relic

by William G. Howell • 2016

Built for a small farm nation, the Constitution cannot equip a superpower. One reform can.

3.41

101

📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Congressional Dysfunction

Relic 87%

Built for a small farm nation, the Constitution cannot equip a superpower. One reform can.

by William G. Howell 2016

3.41

101 ratings

📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Separation Of Powers ⚠️ Congressional Dysfunction

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

by William G. Howell • 2020

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

3.87

🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy Summary

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy 87%

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

by William G. Howell 2020

3.87

82 ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform

On Power

by Robert A. Caro • 2017

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

3.95

1k+

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics

On Power 87%

How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.

by Robert A. Caro 2017

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Planning 🏛️ Political Power 🗳️ Machine Politics

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