FDR's World: War, Peace, and Legacies (The World of the Roosevelts)

This volume assesses Franklin Roosevelt's role as war leader from the vantage point of the twenty-first century, by looking at different aspects of his foreign policy "This collection boasts an all-star cast of distinguished authors who have mastered the vast literature of World War II, have dug deeply into the multiple archives and manuscript collections, and possess the writing skills to make the wartime events of sixty-plus years ago come alive. Using a variety of different methods, they probe and analyze the wartime leadership of that most elusive of presidents. Be he Sphinx or Juggler or Dr. Win-the-War, FDR made the key wartime decisions that laid the foundation for the postwar world and created inevitable controversy. This is an indispensable book for serious scholars of FDR and World War II."--J. Garry Clifford Fdr's Foreign Policy And The Construction Of American History, 1945-1955 / David Reynolds -- Fdr And The World-wide Arena / Alan K. Henrikson -- Fdr And The Origins Of The National Security Establishment / Mark A. Stoler -- The Sheriffs: Fdr's Postwar World / Warren F. Kimball -- Fdr And The Colonial Question / Lloyd Gardner -- Fdr And The China Question / Michael Schaller -- Fdr And The New Economic Order / Randall B. Woods -- Fdr And The Struggle For A Postwar Civil Aviation Regime: Legacy Or Loss? / Alan P. Dobson -- Fdr's Worldviews, 1941-1945 / Walter Lafeber -- Epilogue: Fdr: Reflections On Legacy And Leadership, The View From 2008 / David B. Woolner. Edited By David B. Woolner, Warren F. Kimball, And David Reynolds. Based On The Proceedings Of Two Conferences: In The Shadow Of Fdr: How Roosevelt's Wartime Leadership Shaped The Postwar World Organized By The Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt Institute And The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library And Museum And Held In 2005; And Roosevelt And Churchill: The Legacy Of Two Statesmen Organized Jointly With The Churchill Centre, Washington, D.c. And Held In 2007. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents 7 List of Figures 9 Acknowledgments 10 Introduction 13 1 FDR’s Foreign Policy and the Construction of American History, 1945–1955 17 2 FDR and the “World-Wide Arena” 46 3 FDR and the Origins of the National Security Establishment 73 4 The Sheriffs: FDR’s Postwar World 100 5 FDR and the “Colonial Question” 131 6 FDR and the “China Question” 153 7 FDR and the New Economic Order 183 8 FDR and the Struggle for a Postwar Civil Aviation Regime: Legacy or Loss? 200 9 FDR’s Worldviews, 1941–1945 221 Epilogue: FDR: Reflections on Legacy and Leadership—The View From 2008 233 List of Contributors 248 Index 251 A 251 B 251 C 252 D 253 E 253 F 253 G 254 H 254 I 254 J 255 K 255 L 255 M 255 N 256 O 256 P 256 Q 256 R 256 S 257 T 257 U 258 V 258 W 258 Y 258 Z 258 Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-4 Fdr’s Foreign Policy and the Construction of American History, 1945–1955....Pages 5-33 Fdr and the “World-Wide Arena”....Pages 35-61 FDR and the Origins of the National Security Establishment....Pages 63-89 The Sheriffs: Fdr’s Postwar World....Pages 91-121 Fdr and the “Colonial Question”....Pages 123-144 Fdr and the ” China Question”....Pages 145-174 Fdr and the New Economic Order....Pages 175-191 Fdr and the Struggle for a Postwar Civil Aviation Regime: Legacy or Loss?....Pages 193-213 Fdr’s Worldviews, 1941–1945....Pages 215-226 Epilogue: FDR: Reflections on Legacy and Leadership—The View from 2008....Pages 227-241 Back Matter....Pages 243-254 FDR's foreign policy and the construction of American history, 1945-1955 / David Reynolds FDR and the "world wide arena" / Alan K. Henrikson FDR and the origins of the national security establishment / Mark Stoler The sheriffs : FDR's postwar world / Warren F. Kimball FDR and the "colonial question" / Lloyd Gardner FDR and the "China question" / Michael Schaller FDR's new economic order / Randall Woods FDR and post-war commercial aviation : legacy or loss? / Alan Dobson FDR's worldviews, 1941-1945 / Walter LaFeber Epilogue : FDR, reflections on legacy and leadership, the view from 2007 / David B. Woolner.