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A Historical Analysis Of The Nomination Of Wendell Lewis Willkie For The Presidency Of The United States Of America, Jerold David Gritz
A Historical Analysis Of The Nomination Of Wendell Lewis Willkie For The Presidency Of The United States Of America, Jerold David Gritz
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In this rather apt description of Wendell Willkie, the 1940 Republican presidential nominee, two important characteristics of the man stand out: his personal traits and energy and his strength of conviction in fighting for the principles in which he believed. Willkie cannot be regarded a politician in the usual sense; he was a businessman who, because of his convictions, waged a personal war against Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal - a war conducted outside the realm of partisan politics. His successes in the fight with the administration brough Willkie a measure of recognition and aroused the interest of certain …