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The Forces of Fascism and Democracy Gather in 1932, a Year Worthy of Study

Scott Martelle focuses on the main political players at ‘the Dawn of a New America,’ Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover, as he recounts in new ways the familiar story of a nation mired in the Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, on the rostrum in front of the Capitol at Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933.
Franklin D. Roosevelt takes the oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, on the rostrum in front of the Capitol at Washington, D.C., March 4, 1933. AP