The Wheelchair President

British Historian David Reynolds Explores President Franklin D Roosevelts Rise To Power Against The Backdrop Of A Turbulent Personal Life As The Global War Reached Its Devastating Climax While Franklin Roosevelt Spearheaded The Wartime Alliance He Was A Man Living On Borrowed Time Roosevelts Health Was Collapsing Sapped By Chronic Heart Disease And By Two Decades As A Secret Paraplegic

As the war escalated, Roosevelt’s health deteriorated and his love life grew more complex. But these facts were kept from the American people and the press by the President and a close circle of friends. Historian David Reynolds looks at the end of FDR’s life, exploring the impact of his growing frailty on the war's endgame and the tainted peace that followed.