FDR's Deadly Secret - Softcover

Lomazow, Steven; Fettmann, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586489062 ISBN 13: 9781586489069

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2011

Synopsis

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945, his lifelong physician swore that the president had always been in perfect health. Twenty-five years later, his cardiologist admitted that the president suffered from hypertension, and that contrary to what the public was led to believe, his death was a cataclysmic event waiting to happen.” But even this was a carefully constructed deceit, designed to protect the reputation of a man that led a country through war, and maintained until now.

This persuasive re-examination of Roosevelt's last years reveals a more profoundly disabled president than the nation knew, and asks whether Roosevelt should be criticized or celebrated for shouldering the weight of a wartime presidency in his compromised state.

About this title

About the Author:

Steven Lomazow, M.D., is a board-certified neurologist in practice for more than twenty-five years. He is assistant professor of neurology at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, a member of the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners and former president of the Neurological Association of New Jersey.

Eric Fettmann is associate editorial-page editor of the New York Post, where he has spent most of his thirty-plus-year journalism career. He is the former managing editor of The Jerusalem Post and has written for New York, The Nation, National Review, and USA Today.

Review:

David Margolick, author ofBeyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling, and a World on the Brink
“Anyone reading this fascinating and disturbing book will have to reassess Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose insistence on remaining president despite an arsenal of illnesses subjected his country to grave danger in the most perilous of times. FDR’s Deadly Secret makes us wonder how much different history would be had Roosevelt been healthy, and how catastrophic a turn it nearly took because he was not. Scientifically and politically savvy (and suspenseful!), it offers a highly original take on epochal events.”

Slate.com
“[An] astounding argument...If Lomazow and Fettman are right, Republican Thomas E. Dewey or a different Democrat should have been elected president in 1944. In that case, Harry S. Truman, FDR's vice president, would almost certainly not have been commander-in-chief from 1945 to 1952. The Cold War and subsequent American history might have taken a very different path.”

Library Journal
“Unlike most conspiracy buffs, the authors are objective enough to admit that their thesis is...Regardless, their book is readable and interesting and should appeal to both specialists and the general public.”

Washington Times
“a valuable contribution to presidential history”

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1586489062
• ISBN 13: 9781586489069
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304