Democratic despotism
During President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term (1933-1937), there were accusations that the Roosevelt administration had adopted measures, was pursuing policies, and were engaged in activities which were intended to transform the political institutions and to remodel the social and economic order in a manner absolutely incompatible with traditional American ideals. This volume presents an exploration of the teachings and activities of the New Deal, with an eye to learning if there was any basis for these accusations. By examining the contradictions and incompatibilities between two schools of political thought -- Americanism and the new despotisms; constitutional democracy and the totalitarian state -- readers can better understand the real issues raised by these accusations, and their effect on the political principles involved
Print Book, English, 1936
Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1936