{"id":21573,"date":"2023-01-20T10:31:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T09:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=222973"},"modified":"2023-01-20T10:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T09:35:10","slug":"how-fdr-transformed-the-us-presidency","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/how-fdr-transformed-the-us-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"How FDR transformed the US presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Elinor Evans\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 20 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>When Franklin Delano Roosevelt assumed the presidency of the United States in 1933, he became the head of a nation facing immense hardship and disenchantment amid the Great Depression. No president, except Abraham Lincoln, had come to office in more challenging circumstances, says Iwan Morgan. Speaking to Elinor Evans, he discusses his new biography of FDR, and how he transformed the role of president between the Great Depression and the Second World War.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-222973-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/fdramericanpresidency-cccbe2b.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/fdramericanpresidency-cccbe2b.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/01\/fdramericanpresidency-cccbe2b.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Iwan Morgan is the author of <em>FDR: Transforming the Presidency and Renewing America<\/em> (Bloomsbury, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/fdr-transforming-the-presidency-and-renewing-america\/9780755637164&quot;\">Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/FDR-Transforming-Presidency-Renewing-America\/dp\/075563716X\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QB83NOYQD92C&amp;keywords=iwan+morgan+FDR&amp;qid=1662116942&amp;sprefix=iwan+morgan+fdr%2Caps%2C98&amp;sr=8-1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"> Buy now on Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/fdr\/iwan-morgan\/9780755637164&quot;\">Buy now on Waterstones<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Elinor Evans Published: Friday, 20 January 2023 at 12:00 am When Franklin Delano Roosevelt assumed the presidency of the United States in 1933, he became the head of a nation facing immense hardship and disenchantment amid the Great Depression. 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