The Dark Side of FDR Nobody Talks About - David T. Beito

About this episode

Historian David T. Beito challenges the traditional narrative of FDR's presidency, revealing lesser-known aspects of his administration.

Most of us grew up believing FDR saved America — my grandparents certainly did. But historian David Beito just changed everything I thought I knew about one of the most celebrated presidents in American history by providing a compelling counter-narrative. David T. Beito is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama. He is the author of The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance (2023), T.R.M. Howard (biography of the civil rights pioneer, 2018), and Taxpayers in Revolt (1989, on tax resistance in the 1930s), as well as numerous scholarly and popular articles. Get a copy of his fascinating latest book, FDR: A New Political Life Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. Pre-order my next book, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump, out on the 17th of September in the UK and the 22nd of September in the US: ⁠https://www.scaramucci.net/allthewrongmoves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Scaramucci

Guest: David T. Beito

Topics covered

• FDR
• American history
• political narrative
• civil rights
• historical analysis

Keywords

• FDR
• David T. Beito
• New Deal
• American history
• political life
• civil rights
• historical narrative

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Alabama

Books & works: The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR’s Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance, FDR: A New Political Life, All the Wrong Moves: How Three Catastrophic Decisions Led to the Rise of Trump

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