Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (600 pages)
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: A Man, an Era, and a President; 1. "I See . . . a Great Future" (1891-1913); 2. New Departures, Old Haunts (1913-1925); 3. Triumph and Tragedy (1925-1926); 4. The Legion and Leadership (1926-1928); 5. National Vistas, State Elections (1929-1932); 6. A New Deal for Indiana (1933-1934); 7. "Hoosier Hitler" (1935-1936); 8. Breaking Away (1937-1938); 9. Humanitarian-and Home (1937-1939); 10. Paul V. and Franklin D. (1939-1940); 11. Ambition Frustrated (1940); 12. Dimensions of Security (1939-1945); 13. Mobilizing Manpower (1942-1945) 14. Returning to the Philippines (1945-1947)15. Fading Away (1947-1955); Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
In this major biography of an important politician and statesman, Dean Kotlowski presents the life of Paul V. McNutt, a great understudied figure in the era of FDR. McNutt was governor of Indiana, high commissioner to the Philippines (while serving he helped 1,300 Jews flee Nazi Germany for Manila), head of the WWII Federal Security Agency, and would-be presidential candidate. Paul V. McNutt and the Age of FDR explores McNutt's life, his era, and his relationship with Franklin Roosevelt. It sheds light on the expansion of executive power at the state level during the Great Depression, the theo.
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