Bibliograph

The improbable Wendell Willkie, the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order, David Levering Lewis

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The improbable Wendell Willkie, the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order, David Levering Lewis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-356) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The improbable Wendell Willkie

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1050449133

Responsibility statement

David Levering Lewis

Sub title

the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order

Summary

Presents the story of the 1940s Wall Street attorney and presidential candidate to explore his advocacy of civil rights, promotion of America's involvement in international politics, and enduring legacy

Table Of Contents

Elwood, August 17, 1940 -- "Grass-roots stuff" -- Puerto Rico to Commonwealth & Southern -- Willkie v. FDR: the politics of business, the business of politics -- 1940: political science and serendipity -- The Philadelphia story -- Saving the GOP to save freedom -- Pas de deux: Willkie and Roosevelt -- Exceptionalism at work -- One world or nothing -- 1944--not this time

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