A fast-paced inside account of the breakneck speed with which President Obama began making critical decisions and assuming the burdens of office.

The Defining Moment shows how Roosevelt used his famous 'fear itself' speech and his first 100 days in office to lift the country from the despair and paralysis of the Great Depression and transform the American presidency. With its t...

In this dramatic and authoritative account, the author shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his famous 'fear itself' speech and the first 100 days in office to lift the country from despair and paralysis and transform the American...