High Tension: FDR's Battle to Power America

The story behind one of the greatest peacetime achievements in US history and a model for today’s ongoing government fight with big tech―Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s crusade to electrify the entire nation.

Ranging from the highest halls of power to the remote corners of rural America, it was an epic battle between powerful industry captains and America’s most politically astute president.

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in the depths of the Depression, high tension—or high voltage...