That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Langue : anglais
Edité par Oxford University Press, 2003
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Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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- Titre
- That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Auteur
- Robert H. Jackson
- Éditeur
- Oxford University Press
- Année de publication
- 2003
- État de l'article
- Good
- Jaquette
- Jaquette
- Reliure
- Couverture rigide
- Langue
- anglais
- ISBN à 10 chiffres
- 0195168267
- ISBN à 13 chiffres
- 9780195168266
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Revue de presse
Lively, revealing and suddenly relevant.... Jackson's memoir sheds new light (not always flattering)
The publication of this slender but meaty book is that rare and happy event: a voice speaking to us from the past, a voice we had not expected to hear and that brings the past to life as not even the best of historians can do. (Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post)
An intimate and inspiring portrait of Roosevelt. He is seen as both charming and determined, while often elusive and enigmatic.... Understanding Franklin Roosevelt better is a constant challenge for students of history: He has been scrutinized a great deal but not often with the benefit of such a vantage point. (Wall Street Journal)
A thoughtful, fresh, useful look at FDR. With powerful respect, even awe, for the man, Jackson nevertheless insisted on seeing him in a very human way (filled with greatness, yet flawed like all of us. It's a memoir that reflects the best of Jackson: candid, honest and tellingly expressed.)
A winning memoir (the story of Jackson's life in the White House; a powerful portrait of our 32nd president; and, most of all, a tribute to the humanity and the vision that stood at the heart of the Roosevelt administration.... A unique historical find.... It contains a trove of new information about Roosevelt's life.)
That Man is a great find (the last memoir of Franklin D. Roosevelt by someone who worked with him and knew him well. Next to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Robert H. Jackson was the best writer on the Supreme Court in the 20th century, and his portrait of 'that man in the White House' is filled with astute insights and warm recollections. It is a book no fan of FDR can do without.)
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the dominant political figure of the last century. Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court Justice, was one of the essential figures in his life. Professor John Q. Barrett, a highly qualified authority on the subject, has now brought this relationship fully to light. I urge this volume for all who would know more of what could be the greatest days of Washington. I use the term cautiously: an indispensable book. (John Kenneth Galbraith)
These superbly eloquent chapters provide intimate glimpses of Roosevelt operating on many different levels. Through Jackson's informed lens, we are shown FDR as president, politician, lawyer, commander-in-chief, administrator, populist leader and companion. Jackson's account is not only of infinite value for the new light it sheds on 'that man,' but also for unique glimpses of Harold Ickes, Tommy 'The Cork' Corcoran, Harry Hopkins and the other New Deal stalwarts. (Publishers Weekly)
Painstakingly, insightfully (even lovingly)
Intelligent, informed thoughts on FDR's presidency.... The intimate look into the way decisions were made brings Roosevelt very much into human focus. (Kirkus Review)
A long lost gem has been unearthed after a half century. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson's first hand portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is as close as we are likely to get to deciphering the enigma that was FDR. Jackson, associate and friend, confidante and poker playing pal of the President, was perceptive enough to recognize the genius and honest enough to admit the flaws beneath his subject's seductive geniality. We are further indebted to the book's editor, John Q. Barrett, for rescuing this priceless memoir from an obscurity that would have left us poorer in our understanding of America's towering 20th Century statesman. (Joseph E. Persico, author of Roosevelt's Secret War)
For those with enough time and interest in the subject to warrant going through a study of much more than a thousand pages, [Conrad] Black's biography is worth reading. But most readers, as well as professional historians, will find Justice Jackson's "insider's portrait" of Roosevelt of greater interest. (Robert S. McElvaine, Professor of History, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS, and author of The Great Depression:America, 1929-1941)
Well worth reading...is the fascinating discovery, long after his death, of the reminiscences by Robert Jackson, FDR's Attorney General, a Supreme Court Justice, and maybe the closest friend of the president to have written about him. That Man is not only personally fascinating but of real historical interest on the subject of Lend-Lease. (Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Spectator)
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