essay #7665

Topic: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Type of paper:	Research Paper
Subject area:	American History
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
Size:	33.0 kB
Word count:	1431
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Date submitted:	2008-11-21 19:00:15
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When I began this work , I hoped to analyze a figure of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt as an ordinary but determined public servant who started his
political career as Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy in
and then after unsuccessful campaign for Vice-President became in
Governor of New York . It was my early impression that Franklin D .
Roosevelt was not a great Governor , and his successful presidential
campaign was to be attributed to his team 's effort . I originally
believed that Roosevelt did not exhibit any unusual executive or
administrative abilities , or possess a social or economic program which
would have suggested the bold leadership of his presidential
administrations . As late as January , the famous journalist Walter
Lippmann characterized Roosevelt as lacking a firm grasp of public
affairs and being without strong convictions . He is , said Lippmann , ``an
amiable man with many philanthropic impulses , but he is not the
dangerous enemy of anything . for F .D .R . is no crusader . He is no
tribune of the people . He is no enemy of entrenched privilege . He is a
pleasant man who , without any important qualifications for the office ,
would very much like to be President (Roosevelt E , p )
Certainly Franklin Delano Roosevelt would appear to confirm Lippmann 's
observation . But further study of numerous sources showed that FDR 's
presidency achievements like holding the nation together during the
catastrophe of the Great Depression , reconstruction of a welfare state
American-style , and bringing reluctant American citizens to support the
embattled nations of Europe...

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