Politics as Usual : : Thomas Dewey, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Wartime Presidential campaign of 1944 / / Michael Davis.
The presidential election of 1944, which unfolded against the backdrop of the World War II, was the first since 1864—and one of only a few in all of US history—to take place while the nation was at war. After a brief primary season, the Republican Party settled upon New York governor Thomas E. Dewey...
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Davis, Michael, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Politics as Usual : Thomas Dewey, Franklin Roosevelt, and the Wartime Presidential campaign of 1944 / Michael Davis. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021] ©2014 1 online resource (260 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Triumph of Politics as Usual, 1941-1945 -- 2 Thomas Dewey and the Dilemmas of Republican Wartime Opposition -- 3 Franklin Roosevelt and the Challenges of the Democratic Majority -- 4 Mackinac and the Making of a Republican Foreign Policy -- 5 Democrats and the Postwar World -- 6 John W. Bricker and the Conservative Republicans -- 7 The Fall of Wendell Willkie -- 8 Thomas Dewey and the Struggle for Republican Consensus -- 9 The Republican National Convention -- 10 Dewey-"An American of This Century" -- 11 Franklin Roosevelt and the Pursuit of Democratic Party Unity -- 12 The Democratic National Convention -- 13 Thomas Dewey and the Making of a Wartime Campaign -- 14 FDR-Commander-in-Chief -- 15 "The Listening Campaign" -- 16 "Such a Slimy Campaign" -- 17 Roosevelt and Victory -- Conclusion: "Not a Word, Not a Comma" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The presidential election of 1944, which unfolded against the backdrop of the World War II, was the first since 1864—and one of only a few in all of US history—to take place while the nation was at war. After a brief primary season, the Republican Party settled upon New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, the former district attorney and popular special prosecutor of Legs Diamond and Lucky Luciano, as its nominee for president of the United States. The Democratic nominee for president, meanwhile, was the three-term incumbent, sixty-two year-old Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sensitive to the wartime setting of the election, both Roosevelt and Dewey briefly adopted dignified and low-key electoral strategies early in their campaigns. Within a few months however, "politics as usual" returned as the campaign degenerated into a vigorously fought, chaotic, unpredictable, and highly competitive contest. While Politics as Usual is a comprehensive study of the campaign, Davis focuses attention on the loser, Dewey, and shows how he emerged as a central figure for the Republican Party. Davis examines the political landscape in the United States in the early 1940s, including the state of the two parties, and the rhetoric and strategies employed by both the Dewey and Roosevelt campaigns. He details the survival of partisanship in World War II America and the often overlooked role of Dewey—who sought to rebuild the Republican Party "to be worthy of national trust"—as party leader at such a critical time. Although Dewey fell short of victory, Dewey kept his party unified, helped steer it away from isolationist influences, and rebuilt it to fit into (and to be a relevant alternative within) the post-World War II, New Deal order. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Presidents United States Election 1944. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. World War II. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. bisacsh presidential election, WWII, World War II, Thomas E. Dewey, Legs Diamond, Lucky Luciano. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501757419 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501757419 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501757419/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Triumph of Politics as Usual, 1941-1945 -- 2 Thomas Dewey and the Dilemmas of Republican Wartime Opposition -- 3 Franklin Roosevelt and the Challenges of the Democratic Majority -- 4 Mackinac and the Making of a Republican Foreign Policy -- 5 Democrats and the Postwar World -- 6 John W. Bricker and the Conservative Republicans -- 7 The Fall of Wendell Willkie -- 8 Thomas Dewey and the Struggle for Republican Consensus -- 9 The Republican National Convention -- 10 Dewey-"An American of This Century" -- 11 Franklin Roosevelt and the Pursuit of Democratic Party Unity -- 12 The Democratic National Convention -- 13 Thomas Dewey and the Making of a Wartime Campaign -- 14 FDR-Commander-in-Chief -- 15 "The Listening Campaign" -- 16 "Such a Slimy Campaign" -- 17 Roosevelt and Victory -- Conclusion: "Not a Word, Not a Comma" -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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