![]() ![]() Brands finds a turning point in the illness that paralyzed the 39 year-old Roosevelt from the waist down, and brought a temporary halt to his political career. At 25, he dropped out of law school and sought election to the New York State Assembly from there, he served for seven years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, including World War I, and was nominated for Vice President before he turned 40.īut H. In the early days, everything seemed to go right for the charismatic Roosevelt, who climbed the political ladder as if following a secret map to the Presidency. ![]() Traitor to His Class examines three eras of Roosevelt's life: the privileged child of the upper crust, the economic reformer of the New Deal, and the resolute leader of World War II. But after he became President, they realized that Franklin Delano Roosevelt had become a traitor in their midst. He was one of them: privileged beyond ordinary men, the aristocracy of New York. Like them, he was born to a vast, inexhaustible fortune and a family name that traced back to the Mayflower. Brands: Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life & Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Over the idyllic days and nights they shared as children, the prep schools and pursuits of leisure, he gave no sign that he would, one day, betray them. ![]()
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