Breitman, Richard, 1947-
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-407) and index.
• Introduction: Four Roosevelts — The Rise and Fall of FDR — FDR Returns — The Democrat and the Dictator — Immigration Wars — Transitions — Moving Millions? — Resettlement in Latin America? — Toward War — Tightened Security — Wartime America — Debating Remedies — Zionism and the Arab World — The War Refugee Board — Negotiations and Rescue in Hungary — Endings — Perspectives.
• In an extensive examination of this impassioned debate, Richard Breitman and Allan J. Lichtman find that the president was neither savior nor bystander. In FDR and the Jews, they draw upon many new primary sources to offer an intriguing portrait of a consummate politician–compassionate but also pragmatic–struggling with opposing priorities under perilous conditions.

Subjects:

• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 — Relations with Jews.
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 — Political and social views.
• Jews — Government policy — United States — History — 20th century.
• Jews, European — Government policy — United States — History — 20th century.
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
• Jews — Persecutions — Europe — History — 20th century.
• United States — Foreign relations — Germany.
• Germany — Foreign relations — United States.
• United States — Foreign relations — 1933-1945.

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