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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope is a political history book by Jonathan Alter about the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency.
- Jonathan Alter
- 2006
May 8, 2007 · This is the story of a political miracle—the perfect match of man and moment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing everywhere....
- illustrated, reprint
- Jonathan Alter
- Simon and Schuster, 2007
A defining moment is a point in your life when you're urged to make a pivotal decision, or when you experience something that fundamentally changes...
Apr 15, 2006 · The Defining Moment is a great non-comprehensive biography of how FDR became the FDR responsible for his historic first hundred days, the measure to which all presidents are now held. The majority of the book is a narrative of the essential events and encounters in FDR's life prior to his election.
- (3.7K)
- Paperback
May 8, 2007 · Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, FDR used his cagey political instincts and ebullient temperament in the storied first Hundred Days of his presidency to pull off an astonishing conjuring act that lifted the country and saved both democracy and capitalism. Who was this man?
- (373)
- Jonathan Alter
- $11.15
- Simon & Schuster
"Jonathan Alter's The Defining Moment is an extraordinarily vivid account of a remarkable moment in American history. It is also a rich and perceptive examination of how Franklin Roosevelt transformed the presidency.
It deepens our understanding of how Franklin Delano Roosevelt restored hope and transformed America. The Defining Moment will take its place among our most compelling works of political history.
