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Overview

A revealing account of the critical first days of FDR's presidency, during the worst moments of the Great Depression, when he and his inner circle launched the New Deal and presided over the birth of modern America

Nothing to Fear brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history—the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle swept away the old order and reinvented the role of the federal government. When FDR took his oath of office in March 1933, thousands of banks had gone under following the Crash of 1929, a quarter of American workers were unemployed, farmers were in open rebellion, and hungry people descended on garbage dumps and fought...

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A revealing account of the critical first days of FDR's presidency, during the worst moments of the Great Depression, when he and his inner circle launched the New Deal and presided over the birth of modern America

Nothing to Fear brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history—the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle swept away the old order and reinvented the role of the federal government. When FDR took his oath of office in March 1933, thousands of banks had gone under following the Crash of 1929, a quarter of American workers were unemployed, farmers were in open rebellion, and hungry people descended on garbage dumps and fought over scraps of food. Before the Hundred Days, the federal government was limited in scope and ambition; by the end, it had assumed an active responsibility for the welfare of all of its citizens.

Adam Cohen offers an illuminating group portrait of the five members of FDR's inner circle who played the greatest roles in this unprecedented transformation, revealing in turn what their personal dynamics suggest about FDR's leadership style. These four men and one woman frequently pushed FDR to embrace more activist programs than he would have otherwise. FDR came to the White House with few firm commitments about how to fight the Great Depression—as a politician he was more pragmatic than ideological, and, perhaps surprising, given his New Deal legacy, by nature a fiscal conservative. To develop his policies, he relied heavily on his advisers, and preferred when they had conflicting views, so that he could choose the best option among them.

For this reason, he kept in close confidence both Frances Perkins—a feminist before her time, and the strongest advocate for social welfare programs—and Lewis Douglas— an entrenched budget cutter who frequently clashed with the other members of FDR's progressive inner circle. A more ideological president would have surrounded himself with advisors who shared a similar vision, but rather than commit to a single solution or philosophy, FDR favored a policy of “bold, persistent experimentation.” As a result, he presided over the most feverish period of government activity in American history, one that gave birth to modern America.

As Adam Cohen reminds us, the political fault lines of this era—over welfare, government regulation, agriculture policy, and much more—remain with us today. Nothing to Fear is both a riveting narrative account of the personal dynamics that shaped the tumultuous early days of FDR's presidency, and a character study of one of America's defining leaders in a moment of crisis.

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David Greenberg
Cohen's well-told story belies the cliche about legislation and sausage-making: his narrative is absorbing and enjoyable to read. Admirably game to tackle the heavy-going details of policy making, Nothing to Fear is nonetheless decidedly nonacademic…One might say it's the kind of history you would expect from a newspaper editorialist.
—The New York Times Book Review
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Mr. Cohen…brings this brief but extraordinary period in American history to vivid life. An excellent writer and storyteller, he does so by concentrating not on its central figure, Roosevelt, but on a handful of his aides …Nothing to Fear is a fascinating account of an extraordinary moment in the life of the United States, indeed a page-turner.
—The New York Times

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781594201967
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 1/8/2009
  • Pages: 384
  • Product dimensions: 6.40 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Adam Cohen is Assistant Editorial Page Editor of the New York Times, where he has been a member of the Editorial Board since 2002. He was previously a senior writer at Time, and is the author of The Perfect Store: Inside eBay and co- author of American Pharaoh, a biography of Mayor Richard J. Daley. Before entering journalism, Cohen was an education-reform lawyer, and he has a law degree from Harvard.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Action, and Action Now 13

Ch. 2 Moley! Moley! Moley! Lord God Almighty! 46

Ch. 3 The Hardest-Boiled Man in Washington 84

Ch. 4 Good Farming; Clear Thinking; Right Living 109

Ch. 5 Good Lord! This Is a Revolution! 133

Ch. 6 'Social Justice' ... Has Been the Maxim of Her Life 157

Ch. 7 Just So We Get a Public Works Program 195

Ch. 8 He Must Be Part of This Historic Show 248

Ch. 9 People Don't Eat in the Long Run - They Eat Every Day 265

Epilogue: "A Lot Happened Out of That Determination of a Few People, Didn't It?" 284

Notes 323

Index 363

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  • Posted May 8, 2010

    Highly recommended

    Enjoyed this book very much. Found so many similarities to the U.S. we live in today, and our current economic sitiuation, it was eerie. At times I felt someone within the Obama Administration had read this book and was using the many useful ideas within its pages. At times I, also, wished someone in D.C. WOULD read this book and gather even more helpful hints!! Even if you are not interested in the Twilight Zone experience, and are just a history buff or F.D.R. fan, this will be a fun, learned read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 16, 2009

    Must read for History Buffs

    This is one of the few books on what an American President did in office that I have found compelled to continue reading it.
    It is very well written, well researched and certainly sends a lesson for the times we are living in now. I would highly recommend it to even non political interested people.

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  • Posted March 16, 2009

    Excellent book!!

    Though I haven't read the entire book yet, I've read enough to do a review. This book reads like a map that Barack Obama is using to get the economy going again. There are comments in the book that reminded me of G.W.Bush in his last days. I did not realize that Hoover was such a bad president; that he really didn't care for the common people of this country. As I read further, I am enlightened by the steps Roosevelt made to get the people workoing and the economy growing again.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 6, 2009

    Nothing To Fear-great background information on a difficult time.

    The book gives great background information on the many people who were part of FDR's brain trust and cabinet. You see and feel the interaction of the many different people in a very trying time. A must read for the student of the Great Depression.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted February 17, 2009

    A marvelous book for our time

    'Nothing to Fear' brings to life the first 100 days of FDR's time in office. It focuses on Roosevelt and five members of his inner circle as they struggle to deal with the many scourges of the Great Depression: a failed banking system; a meltdown of the stock market; extensive business shutdowns; widespread farm foreclosures; and rampant joblessness, homelessness and hunger. (Does any of this sound familiar?) Adam Cohen's book is thoroughly researched and well written. I recommend it to anyone interested in how the US faced its greatest economic crisis and how the New Deal changed America.

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  • Posted February 16, 2009

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    A great new look at the Hundred Days

    This is a great book. I love this time period and I have read a great deal on the infamous Hundred Days of Franklin D. Roosevelt. This book takes a new look at the Hundred Days by focusing on the advisers close to FDR and how they influenced and shaped the Hundred Days. Each person, such as Francis Perkins, was focused on. Each got a short background history and the author eloquently explained how they got involved with FDR and how they influenced FDR.

    To go along with all the great information, there are some pictures. I would have liked a few more pictures in the book but since the book is not incredibly long, that is forgivable.

    This is a great look at the Hundred Days. The book shows that the beginning of the New Deal did not come about by one man alone but by a team of highly intelligent people, some with differing views on the issues at hand, who managed to work together to come up with some of the most well known of FDR's "alphabet soup".

    I highly recommend this book to everyone. Whether you have never read anything about the New Deal or FDR's presidency or you are an FDR history buff, this book is for you. I know I really enjoyed it and I'm glad I purchased it.

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