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* F.D.R.: A Centenary Profile

BBC Radio 3
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Elected President of the United States of America four times,
Franklyn Delano Roosevelt was born into an upper-middle-class family 100 years ago today.
Professor David Adams , Director of the David Bruce Centre for
American studies,
University of Keele, talks about how this upbringing, and Roosevelt's personality and philosophy shaped the decisions he had to make as President, first during the Depression and then during the war.

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Franklyn Delano Roosevelt
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Professor David Adams
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David Bruce
Source: Radio Times

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