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Author Pietrusza, David, 1949-

Title 1932 : the rise of Hitler and FDR ; two tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny / David Pietrusza.

Publication Info. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, 2015.

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Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cast of characters -- "A gentleman cast himself down fifteen stories" -- "I won't be ready until 1932" -- "Everything should be blown up" -- "Miracle man, Washington, D.C." -- "They will remain hanging until they stink" -- "He has never consulted me about a damn thing" -- "Are you frightened of me" -- "I will take off my coat and vest" -- "A poison-painted monkey on a stick" -- "The half-witted yokels of the cow and cotton states" -- "Dear old man ... you must step aside" -- "The nomination of this man Hoover is invalid" -- "There was little opportunity for air-sickness" -- "Dammit, Louis, I'm the nominee!" -- "Anti-semitism may be a good starter . . ." -- "Soup is cheaper than tear bombs" -- "He doesn't need a head, his job is to be a hat" -- "The sinister faculty of making men like bad government" -- "The swine within themselves" -- "Climb on the mule" -- "Herr Hitler, I will shoot" -- "We always call her 'Granny'" -- "I saw Hitler cigarettes" -- "Vote for Roosevelt and make it unanimous" -- "A primitive and stupid woman" -- "You felt that they would do anything" -- "Somebody hurled a spittoon."
Summary By acclaimed historian David Pietrusza (Rothstein, 1920, 1960, and 1948), the dazzling series of events and amazing cast of characters that comprised the simultaneous rise of Hitler's Third Reich and FDR's New Deal in 1932, thus setting the stage for World War II. During that year, two Depression-battered and humbled nations confronted destiny.
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Subject Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
United States.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1933-1945
Subject United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
International relations.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
New Deal, 1933-1939.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Germany.
Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
National socialism.
New Deal.
National Socialism.
National socialism.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Diplomatic relations.
Added Title Nineteen thirty-two
Other Form: Print version: Pietrusza, David, 1949- 1932 9780762793020 (DLC) 2015016456 (OCoLC)899228976
ISBN 9781493018055 (electronic book)
1493018051 (electronic book)
9780762793020
0762793023
9781493009442
1493009443