{"product_id":"9781504039352","title":"Kennedy and Roosevelt: The Uneasy Alliance","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe revealing story of Franklin Roosevelt, Joe Kennedy, and a political alliance that changed history, from a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Franklin Roosevelt ran for president in 1932, he gained the support of Joseph Kennedy, a little-known businessman with Wall Street connections. Instrumental in Roosevelt’s victory, their partnership began a longstanding alliance between two of America’s most ambitious power brokers.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kennedy worked closely with FDR as the first chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and later as ambassador to Great Britain. But at the outbreak of World War II, sensing a threat to his family and fortune, Kennedy lobbied against American intervention—putting him in direct conflict with Roosevelt’s intentions. Though he retreated from the spotlight to focus on the political careers of his sons, Kennedy’s relationship with Roosevelt would eventually come full circle in 1960, when Franklin Roosevelt Jr. campaigned for John F. Kennedy’s presidential win.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With unprecedented access to Kennedy’s private diaries as well as firsthand interviews with Roosevelt’s family and White House aides, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author Michael Beschloss—called “the nation’s leading presidential historian” by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e—presents an insightful study in contrasts. Roosevelt, the scion of a political dynasty, had a genius for the machinery of government; Kennedy, who built his own fortune, was a political outsider determined to build a dynasty of his own.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Conquerors\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePresidential Courage\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a “fascinating account of the complex, ambiguous relationship of two shrewd, ruthless, power-hungry men” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127250665712,"sku":"9781504039352","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504039352_p0.jpg?v=1769897461","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504039352","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}