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100 1 $aLasser, William.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86823907
245 10 $aBenjamin V. Cohen :$barchitect of the New Deal /$cWilliam Lasser.
260 $aNew Haven :$bYale University Press,$c2002.
263 $a0203
300 $axvi, 385 pages 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOrigins -- Zionist attorney -- Lawyer and investor -- Newcomer to Washington : the Securities Act of 1933 -- Into the maelstrom : the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -- The Public Utilities Holding Company Act -- At the center of power -- The court-packing plan -- Domestic politics, 1937-1938 -- Waiting for the war -- Destroyers for bases -- London -- World War II -- Diplomat -- Elder statesman -- Benjamin V. Cohen: architect of the New Deal.
520 1 $a"A key figure in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, Benjamin V. Cohen (1894-1983) was a major architect of public policy from the first days of FDR's presidency through the early days of the Cold War. Although Cohen kept a low public profile, his influence extended across a wide range of domestic and foreign policy initiatives.
520 8 $aIn this biography, William Lasser offers the first account of Cohen's life and career and an assessment of his contribution to the origin and development of modern American liberalism."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aCohen, Benjamin V.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85385724
650 0 $aStatesmen$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111368
650 0 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104765
650 0 $aLawyers$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106856
650 0 $aNew Deal, 1933-1939.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091258
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1933-1953.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140465
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1953-1961.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140468
650 0 $aLiberalism$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106861
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