Overlord, Over-ruled and Over There
David Nicholas suggests that America’s involvement in northern Europe was unwittingly shaped by a British War Office official, against the wishes of the President.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Wedding
Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of the union of two branches of the Roosevelts, on March 17th, 1905
The Folly of ‘Unconditional Surrender’
Was the call for the ‘unconditional surrender’ of Germany, Italy, and Japan the most ruinous Allied policy of the Second World War?
An American Coup d'Etat?
Did America's far right plot against Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal - only to be foiled by a retired Marine Corps general? Clayton Cramer lifts the lid on an intriguing but little-known tale.
'Give Us Roosevelt' - Workers and the New Deal Coalition
Bruce Nelson traces how the magic of FDR and his practical social programmes welded American labour to the Democratic Party, and discusses the tensions that eventually weakened that union.
The Road to D-Day
Geoffrey Warner looks at the reasons for the delay in opening a second Allied Front.
Makers of the Twentieth Century: Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the longest-serving American President, has been accused of 'spineless government that betrayed the integrity of American ideals'. S.G.F. Spackman shows us that there are other ways of interpreting his policies.