Promotional Information

This book challenges generally accepted views by concluding that the critical press, so often characterized by pro-New Deal historians as conservative or reactionary, was in fact a good deal more liberal than Roosevelt and his advisors.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Use and Misuse of the Press I The Use and Misuse of the Press II The Honeymoon of the Hundred Days Increasing Doubts A Marriage on the Rocks A Bitter Divorce Name Calling Assault and Defense A Shoulder to Lean On Conclusion Epilogue: The Psychology of Disability Notes Bibliography

About the Author

GARY DEAN BEST is a Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Hilo./e He has published a number of books, including Pride, Prejudice, and Politics: Roosevelt versus Recovery, 1933-1938, and FDR and the Bonus Marchers, 1933-1935, both with Praeger.