"Revered as a consummate statesman who cemented Americaâs place on the global stage, Franklin Delano Roosevelt affected tremendous change in the United States in course of his career. To understand his life is to understand how the nation claimed world leadership in what many call the American Century.
In this fascinating course, award-winning American history professor Jeffrey Webb introduces you to the man behind the legendary life. Youâll begin by learning about FDRâs privileged upbringing and early career in public service, explore his unconventional marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt, and recount his life-long struggle with paraplegia beginning at age thirty-nine.
Youâll also cover FDRâs progressive policies as governor of New York during the Great Depression and the historic New Deal, which set the nation on a new path of social and political development.
Prof. Webb provides enlightening context for FDRâs confrontation of the Third Reich and Imperial Japan and his celebrated leadership of the Allies. Youâll explore his wartime âhome frontâ policiesâincluding the internment of Japanese Americansâthat dramatically expanded the power of the federal government.
In this remarkable series, youâll learn how FDRâs mind and career were shaped by the titanic events of his era, and how his leadership in this era of bewildering change defined Americaâs, and the worldâs future.
This course is part of the Learn25 collection."