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This American President

Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Inscrutable Man Part 2

This American President

This American President

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.6698 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2017

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Franklin D. Roosevelt spent his last years as president winning one world war while trying to prevent another. But one man stood in the way: Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. This episode explores FDR’s efforts to secure lasting peace. JOIN PREMIUM...

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0:00.0

In the first episode of this two-part series on FDR, we explored the man, his times, and the unusual

0:09.0

circumstances surrounding the 1944 Democratic Convention. We discussed FDR's legendary poker face,

0:15.7

his deteriorating health, the fact that his doctors warned him that he wouldn't survive a fourth

0:20.7

term, and his dream to create the United Nations, an organization health, the fact that his doctors warned him that he wouldn't survive a fourth term.

0:21.9

In his dream to create the United Nations, an organization he hoped would make future

0:26.5

world wars impossible. We also discussed the Democratic Party bosses' successful effort to remove

0:32.6

Henry Wallace as vice president from the ticket in 1944. But as we said earlier, big questions remained.

0:40.5

Could the Allies secure a long-lasting peace in the post-war world?

0:44.4

Could the United States work with the Soviet Union?

0:47.1

Would the United Nations work?

0:49.3

Could FDR achieve his vision despite his failing health?

0:53.8

We will explore the answers to these questions on this episode of This American

0:58.6

President, The Inscrutable Man Part 2.

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