Roosevelt's Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party
- ISBN-10
- 0674064305
- ISBN-13
- 9780674064300
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 361
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-07
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Susan Dunn
Description
Susan Dunn tells the dramatic story of FDR’s unprecedented battle to drive his foes out of his party by intervening in Democratic primaries and backing liberal challengers to conservative incumbents.
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