About the Author

Donald A. Ritchie is an associate historian at the U.S. Senate Historical Office and a frequent commentator on C-SPAN and NPR. He is the author of seven other books, including Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents, winner of the Richard W. Leopold Prize.

Reviews

"A wonderful history of that moment in November 1932 when Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president and modern liberalism was born." - Gary Gerstle, coeditor of The Rise and Fall of the New Deal Order, 1930-1980 "No mere focus on an election, Ritchie's study encompasses the impact of the 1932 campaign - and by extension the New Deal - on six decades of party positions on the major issues. It is graced with a crisp but elegant style and fine, dramatic quotations." - American Historical Review "The best account of the most important presidential campaign of the twentieth century." - Patrick J. Maney, author of The Roosevelt Presence: The Life and Legacy of FDR "A compelling, compact, and intimate portrait of FDR, Hoover, their campaign teams, the challenges they faced, the battles they fought, and the decisions they made." - Allida Black, director and editor, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers"