Lee FDR's Budgeteer and Manager-in-Chief

Harold D. Smith, 1939-1945
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8535-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 418 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

First study of Harold D. Smith, FDR’s budget director from 1939 to 1945.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Mordecai

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations
Preface

Introduction

1. FDR's "Great Reorganizer," April–July 1939

2. War in Europe, Empowering BOB, and First Budget, July–December 1939

3. Spending, Reorganization, Defense, and Third Term Campaign, 1940

4. Neither War nor Peace, plus Business as Usual, 1941

5. The First Year of the War, 1942

6. The Second Year of the War, 1943

7. The Third Year of the War and Fourth Term-Campaign, 1944

8. FDR's Fourth Term, 1945

Conclusion: FDR's Other Assistant President

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mordecai Lee is Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. His books include See America: The Politics and Administration of Federal Tourism Promotion, 1937–1973; Get Things Moving! FDR, Wayne Coy, and the Office for Emergency Management, 1941–1943; The Philosopher-Lobbyist: John Dewey and the People's Lobby, 1928–1940; and The First Presidential Communications Agency: FDR's Office of Government Reports, all published by SUNY Press.