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Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt: The Rivalry That Divided America
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Informative but verging on polemic
By James Denny "History Guy1" - November 4, 2010Author James P. Duffy's "Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt" is immensely informative. It reveals the venerated President to be a man with feet of clay, a man with a mean streak in him, vindictive, unforgiving and vengeful.
So what was it that got the Charles Lindbergh and Franklin Delano Roosevelt relationship off on such a strange footing? In the 1920's, Charles Lindbergh became an American and international hero for the first solo, cross-Atlantic non-stop flight in a single-prop plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis," New York to Paris. Duffy answers this question in part by revealing the details of the "air mail fiasco" in the early 1930's, a series of bad decsions and blunders made by the President in his first term. Lindbergh was the foremost figure in publicly questioning--and condemning--these misguided decisions made by the new President, something FDR never forgot.
As the warning signs of a possible second war in Europe first became apparent in the mid 1930's,... read more
Lindbergh vs. Roosevelt
By decoydonna - October 20, 2010As someone growing up in the late 60's and early 70's, Charles Lindbergh was little known to me. Of course, I knew of his flight across the Atlantic in 1927 and the kidnapping and murder of his son a few years later. However, I was not familiar with the controversy about his non-interventionist position in the years leading up to World War II and even less about Roosevelt's smear campaign against him. I had no idea that Roosevelt hated Lindbergh so much or that his hatred was due to Lindbergh's involvement in the American First Committee. By challenging Roosevelt, on several issues Lindbergh lost his public credibility, becoming vilified in the press for his political views. While Roosevelt accomplished much while he was president, the treatment Lindbergh received does not speak well of Roosevelt. This is a well-written and fascinating book about one of the most mysterious figures in the 20th century. Mr. Duffy's research appears to be first-rate and he has written this book in... read more
Lindberg vs Roosevelt
By Paul T - January 24, 2011James Duffy states in his book, "Lindberg vs Roosevelt:The Rivalry That Divided America", that Charles Lindberg has been unfairly treated by history and that this treatment was largely influenced by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Prior to reading this book, I asked several people who had lived through this period their remembrances of these two men. Each recalled Roosevelt as a wonderful president, a "visionary" who steered the country through the Great Depression and then later, World War II. Lindberg was remembered as a great aviator who later endured personal tragedy, and during World War II, was a German sympathizer with antisemitic beliefs.
Mr Duffy convincingly demonstrates how the power of the Presidency, through use of governmental sources/sympathizers and the media, influences public opinion and perceptions. He presents a picture of Roosevelt as an astute yet arrogant and coniving politician who used his influence to neutralize and defame a perceived opponent and promote... read more
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