Harvey J. Kaye is Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of
Democracy and Justice Studies at the University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the author of Thomas Paine and
the Promise of America, The Fight for the Four
Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation
Truly Great,and Take Hold of Our History: Make America
Radical Again. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
"In this remarkable collection of Franklin Roosevelt’s most
inspiring speeches and writings, writer and scholar Harvey Kaye
powerfully reminds us of the liberal and social democratic vision
and promise FDR encouraged and articulated. Now more than ever,
with our democracy under assault, FDR’s words give strength to the
many fighting to redeem and renew the promise of our democracy, of
the Four Freedoms and an Economic Bill of Rights for all."—Katrina
vanden Heuvel, Editorial Director & Publisher, The Nation
“At a time when our democracy is under siege, this collection of
FDR’s speeches and writings has been expertly curated to help us
remember the progressive, indeed, radical history of the United
States. Through the words of FDR, Harvey Kaye reminds us that there
is no need to look to other countries for truly progressive visions
of democracy and freedom—no, those visions are as American as
baseball and apple pie. Redeeming this history and FDR’s promise of
the Four Freedoms and call for an Economic Bill of Rights, this
book offers an extraordinary unifying message for the fight to
defend and strengthen our democracy.”—Mark Paul, Assistant
Professor of Economics, New College Florida and Roosevelt Institute
Fellow
"In this remarkable book, historian Harvey Kaye shows us the
radical essence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Seventy-five years
after his death, there is still a great wrestling over FDR's
legacy. Too many historians, and too many Democratic politicians,
deliberately miss the point of what Roosevelt said and did. But
Kaye's examination of the most brilliant communicator ever to
occupy the Oval Office makes it clear that FDR was serious when he
said of his elite critics: 'I welcome their hatred.'"—John Nichols,
The Nation, and author of The Fight for the Soul of the
Democratic Party
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