Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Preface xv
6. Introduction 1
7. FDR’s “Great Reorganizer,” April–July 1939 17
8. War in Europe, Empowering BOB, and First Budget, July–December 1939 47
9. Spending, Reorganization, Defense, and Third Term Campaign, 1940 71
10. Neither War nor Peace, plus Business as Usual, 1941 101
11. The First Year of the War, 1942 141
12. The Second Year of the War, 1943 185
13. The Third Year of the War and Fourth-Term Campaign, 1944 229
14. FDR’s Fourth Term, 1945 259
15. FDR’s Other Assistant President 287
16. Notes 303
17. Bibliography 377
18. Index 393