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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Watching the German forces rolling over Europe in 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt stood ready to do whatever he felt he must to protect the U.S.—even if it meant going against the Constitution and the will of the American people. In this program, biographers James MacGregor Burns and Jon Meacham, Roosevelt White House aide George Elsey, Walter Cronkite, Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, and Andy Rooney examine FDR’s tenuous political position as he incrementally moved his isolationist nation toward war. They deftly capture the temper of the times as they review the events and decisions that led to America’s entry into World War II. A Discovery Channel Production. (45 minutes)

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Item#: BVL34228
Copyright date: ©2004
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-1104-3

Part of the Series : Decisions That Shook the World


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