RoosevelttheLionandtheFox,VolumeOneofth.epub

Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox By James MacGregor Burns CONTENTS PREFACE PART ONE THE EDUCATION OF A POLITICIAN I A Beautiful Frame The Seed and the Soil Groton: Education for What? Harvard: The Gold Coast II Albany: The Young Lion Uncle Ted and Cousin Eleanor The Race for the Senate The College Kid and the Tammany Beast Farmer-Labor Representative III Washington: The Politician as Bureaucrat A Roosevelt on the Job Tammany Wins Again War Leader IV Crusade for the League Challenge and Response 1920—The Solemn Referendum The Rising Politician PART TWO THE RISE TO POWER V Interlude: The Politician as Businessman Ordeal Dear Al and Dear Frank Summons to Action VI Apprenticeship in Albany The Politics of the Empire State The Anatomy of Stalemate The Power of Party VII Nomination by a Hairbreadth The Political Uses of Corruption Battle at the Grass Roots The Magic Two-Thirds VIII The Curious Campaign The Fox and the Elephant The Stage Is Set Roosevelt on the Eve PART THREE RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY IX A Leader in the White House “A Day of Consecration” “Action, and Action Now” “A Leadership of Frankness ......