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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill: Power Relations
There are few personal relationships which have been more scrutinized than that of Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. Their approach to...
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Correction to: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill: Power Relations
Chapter 7 was previously published with wrong title. The spelling of ‘Power’ was incorrect. The title has been changed to “Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
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Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt and Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain: Amelioration of Rivalry in the 1930s
Whereas the 1920s saw Anglo-American relations suffused by naval rivalry, the dichotomy of reparations imposed on Germany versus British war debts,...
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Introduction
Frank Knox has never previously been the subject of a scholarly biography. This chapter broadly surveys the parameters of the book, exploring its...
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Rough Rider
Born in 1874, Knox left his Midwestern college in 1898 and joined Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and fought in Cuba during the Spanish-American...
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Introduction
When Winston Churchill first referred to the United Kingdom’s relationship with the United States as “special,” he did so after wartime ally...
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Feeling Political Through Pictures: Portrayals of US Presidents, 1796–2020
This chapter looks at media as decisive in political communication. In focusing on portrayals of American presidents it explores both the set-up of a...
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Harry S. Truman and Clement Attlee: “Trouble Always Brings Us Together”
By the time the Japanese surrender brought the Second World War to an end in September 1945, two of the three statesmen who had led the Allied Powers...
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Eleanor Roosevelt and Refugees from the Holocaust: Beyond the Politics
Eleanor Roosevelt, often referred to as “First Lady of the World,” is known for her humanitarian work on many critical issues of her time. Her...
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“Mrs. Roosevelt Goes on Tour”: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Soft Diplomacy During World War II
The chapter explores Eleanor Roosevelt’s public diplomacy on the occasion of the two journeys she undertook, respectively, to Great Britain in...
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Historical Background: World War II and Tensions in the Wartime Alliance
This chapter introduces the roots of antagonism between the Soviet Union and the Western powers, outlining its development throughout the interwar...
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Eleanor Roosevelt and the Nature: Bridging Conservationism with Environmentalism
The Roosevelt name is oftentimes associated with the (legal) protection of nature: Theodore famously championed conservationism and was the...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden: A Common Cause?
Just a few months before the Second World War began, Winston Churchill reminded Americans to think “of something higher and more vast than their own...
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Feeling Political Through the Radio: President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats, 1933–1944
This chapter focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats (1933–1944). It zooms in on the case of a president directly addressing the people,...
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Eleanor Roosevelt in Yugoslavia Between Wedge Strategy and Cold War Internationalism
This chapter looks at Eleanor Roosevelt’s 1953 visit to Yugoslavia from a two-fold perspective: first, as an affirmation of the new US partnership...
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Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George: Uncongenial Allies
The “special relationship” between Britain and the United States is generally seen as a product of the Second World War, and of the bond then...
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Undeclared War in the Atlantic
As a pugnacious publisher and former candidate for national office, Knox relished political combat. He led a spirited rhetorical offensive against...
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Secretary of the Navy
FDR anticipated that Knox would provide the necessary leadership for the administration’s controversial naval expansion program. Knox embarked upon...
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Joining the War Cabinet
While kee** up his attacks on Roosevelt’s New Deal, Knox also battled with his fellow Republicans over foreign affairs during the years 1937–1940....
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War with Japan
This chapter provides insights into the actions of Knox and other senior U.S. officials during the tension-filled months leading to the outbreak of...