What are some good books about Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

The 32nd president Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal, wartime strategies, and “Infamy Speech” all transformed the United States' path in the 20th century. read more

Other useful books on FDR at war are Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom by James MacGregor Burns and American Warlords by Jonathan W. Jordan. There are two good books to learn about FDR’s dealings with his great wartime ally: Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham and Forged in War by Warren F. Kimball. read more

* “No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt” by Doris K. Goodwin – This classic seems to be the best-read of all FDR-focused books. It is not a traditional biography but, instead, is part history text and part dual-biography. read more

On Apr. 12, 1945, not quite a month before Germany surrendered to the Allies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt died suddenly from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried on the family estate at Hyde Park (much of which he donated to the nation). read more