In The Defining Moment, Jonathan Alter explores how President Franklin Roosevelt, during the first one hundered days in office, laid the foundation for national recovery after the Great Depression.
The author also details the 1932 presidential election. This event was part of the 2006 Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair.
Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where since 1991 he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large. He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News.
Bio
Jonathan Alter
Jonathan Alter is a senior editor at Newsweek, where since 1991 he has written an acclaimed column on politics, history, media, and society at large.
He is also an analyst and contributing correspondent for NBC News. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and three children.