America in the Era of Ordeal and Great Reforms, 1929-1945 a Russian Historian’s Approach

An examination of America lead by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It is the history of co-ordinated efforts by a people and their leader to surmount both economic catastrophe and the burden of war. The unfolding drama gave Roosevelt a stage on which to display his greatness as both politician and statesman. During those gloomy years of crisis and war he emerged as the one who was absolutely indispensable to the country. Roosevelt’s reforms, which were not only the most important in American history but also greatly influenced the economic policies of other nations.