Summary of Bret Baier & Catherine Whitney's Three Days at the Brink

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Roosevelt’s mother, Sara, had never imagined that her son would be president. But he was, and he became the champion of the common man. The depth and purpose that he gained from his paralyzing illness gave him a depth and purpose that had not been noticeable before.
#2 Roosevelt was born with a disability, but he was also endowed with a number of natural talents and characteristics that served his mission in life well. He was an optimistic personality, a sincere charm, and a deep sense of fairness.
#3 Franklin Roosevelt’s mother, Sara, was the wind beneath his wings. She was deeply interested in her son’s intellectual, emotional, and character development, and she was often unconventional in her parenting approach.
#4 Franklin was a sociable boy, and he enjoyed the company of others. He was also extremely curious, and he loved learning about new things. He was never lonely, as he had a constant stream of adults to keep him company.

Sujets

• Love
• Love (disambiguation)
• Seconde Guerre mondiale
• History
• World War II
• Military
• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• Histoire

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 16 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822512689
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Bret Baier & Catherine Whitney's Three Days at the Brink
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#1

Roosevelt’s mother, Sara, had never imagined that her son would be president. But he was, and he became the champion of the common man. The depth and purpose that he gained from his paralyzing illness gave him a depth and purpose that had not been noticeable before.

#2

Roosevelt was born with a disability, but he was also endowed with a number of natural talents and characteristics that served his mission in life well. He was an optimistic personality, a sincere charm, and a deep sense of fairness.

#3

Franklin Roosevelt’s mother, Sara, was the wind beneath his wings. She was deeply interested in her son’s intellectual, emotional, and character development, and she was often unconventional in her parenting approach.

#4

Franklin was a sociable boy, and he enjoyed the company of others. He was also extremely curious, and he loved learning about new things. He was never lonely, as he had a constant stream of adults to keep him company.

#5

Franklin’s parents enrolled him in the prestigious Groton School, a boarding academy founded by Endicott Peabody, a college friend of Theodore Roosevelt. He loved sports but failed to make the football or baseball team, and was relegated to the role of baseball manager.

#6

Franklin’s father, James, had a heart attack in December 1900, and his mother, Sara, rented a house in Boston so she could be close to him. They were all each other had.

#7

President Theodore Roosevelt was extremely likable, and people were captivated by his sincerity. He was a reformer, and he seemed like the avatar of a new century.

#8

Franklin was interested in another young woman, his fifth cousin once removed, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. They had met at family events, and he had begun to ask her out for tea and coffee. She had been raised in privilege, but she had been suffering from her father’s alcoholism.

#9

Eleanor’s life was very lonely and isolated. She had no friends, and her only interactions with other people were at Allenswood, a finishing school in London, where she was sent when her parents died.

#10

Eleanor and Franklin were in love, and he wanted to marry her. His mother, Sara, was shocked by the news, but she eventually accepted it. She thought that her son could not know what he was doing because he was inexperienced with women.

#11

The wedding was scheduled for March 17, 1905, in New York City. The couple was delighted when the president, who planned to be in town for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, agreed to attend and give Eleanor away. Two weeks before the wedding, on March 4, Franklin and Eleanor attended Roosevelt’s inauguration in Washington.

#12

The wedding was an event of some note, as the president was present. The couple took the train to Hyde Park, and Sara had given them free use of the house for the first week of their honeymoon. They had little premonition of the course their future would take.

#13

Eleanor and Franklin’s marriage was a meeting of the minds on the larger issues of the day, but it never achieved the intimacy that Eleanor longed for and Franklin was unable to give.

#14

In 1910, Roosevelt decided to run for the state senate in Poughkeepsie, New York. He wasn’t the slavish loyalist they had been looking for. At the nominating convention, he made his stance clear: I accept this nomination with absolute independence. I am pledged to no man, and I am influenced by no special interests.

#15

Roosevelt’s first campaign was against the corruption in politics, and he spoke about it constantly. He spoke about how the voters needed to clean out their house this year, and put in a new servant who stood for cleanliness, honesty, and economy.

#16

When FDR was elected to the Senate, he didn’t waste any time making his mark. He was generally viewed with suspicion and disdain by the old guard. The Republicans in Albany had battled Teddy’s assault on the party elders.

#17

Louis Howe, a journalist, was determined to be FDR’s kingmaker. He taught FDR the finer points of political action, and helped him become progressive, even as Eleanor held back.

#18

TR ran for president in 1912 as the Progressive Party candidate. He was shot in the chest that year, but continued to speak for ninety minutes before being treated. He recovered from his injury, but the bullet would remain lodged in his chest for the rest of his life.

#19

When he returned from the Amazon, TR was met with a mixture of praise and contempt from the public. He had split the Republican vote, which ensured Wilson’s reelection.

#20

Eleanor was not enamored with the idea of traveling on ships with her husband. She was a reluctant visitor to battleships and cruisers, but the children enjoyed the excursions.

#21

The United States was neutral in the First World War, and Roosevelt was upset about it. He wanted to help the Allied Powers, but Wilson and Bryan thought the military should shrink, and Daniels followed Wilson’s lead without dissent.

#22

When the Germans announced restrictions in the seas around Great Britain in 1915, the Wilson administration refused to take any action. When the Lusitania was torpedoed in May 1915, killing 1,198 people, including 128 American citizens, American public opinion began to lean toward joining the war.

#23

During the war, FDR was tasked with dealing with the labor unions, which was difficult. He would eventually turn to Winston Churchill for help, who would become his closest ally and friend during a second great war.

#24

While FDR was on a ship visiting the front lines in France, he fell ill with double pneumonia. He had not seen war, but he had seen its aftermath: cities destroyed, men coughing out their gassed lungs, and children starving. He hated war.

#25

In 1920, Eleanor was at Campobello with the children while FDR was far away and out of touch in San Francisco, where he was attending the Democratic National Convention. If she had been hoping that their lives might be headed in a calmer direction, she was mistaken.

#26

The Democratic platform was one FDR could get behind, progressive and international. It approved Wilson’s League of Nations and also supported women’s suffrage.