Economic class and popular support for franklin roosevelt in war and peace.

Examining Variance in Presidential Approval the Case of Fdr in World War Ii

Despite the substantive growth and increasing methodological sophistication of the presidential approval literature over the last four decades, almost all analyses continue to focus exclusively on the mean of the approval distribution—the percentage of Americans who approve of the president at a given moment. However, changes in the variance of popular support for the president may be as politi...

At the Expense of the Country: Multi-level War Economy in Afghanistan and the Implication for Peace

New Media and Peacemaking Diplomacy

A life full of peace has always been a dream for human societies. Peace is still considered as one of the main modern world concerns, because each nation deals with its own kind of violence and war. Therefore, peacemaking has turned into one of the governments’ objectives. Peace has been affected by various factors in all over history. Media and communication technologies are two of the factors...

Great Man theory

For example, a scholarly follower of the Great Man theory would be likely to study the Second World War by focusing on the big personalities of the conflict – Sir Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle (Allies); Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, (Axis); et al. – and view all of the historical events as being tied directly to their own individual decisions a...

Radio as the Significant Context of FDR’s Rhetoric

On March 4, 1933, following Herbert Hoover's unlucky term as President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stepped into the Oval Office and a presidency faced with challenges on almost every American front. In a twenty-seven-minute inaugural speech, broadcast nationally via collaborative radio networks, Roosevelt displayed his confidence that America would triumph over the crises at hand. Eight days lat...