Richard Moe was president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation from 1993-2010, chief of staff to Vice President Walter Mondale, and served on President Jimmy Carter's senior staff. His books include The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers and Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl. He lives in Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

• Note to the Paperback Edition


• Introduction - History Repeating Itself


• Chapter 1 - Prelude to War


• Chapter 2 - Succession


• Chapter 3 - Methods Short of War


• Chapter 4 - Redefining Neutrality


• Chapter 5 - The Sphinx


• Chapter 6 - A Year of Consequence


• Chapter 7 - A Hurricane of Events


• Chapter 8 - The Republicans


• Chapter 9 - The Decision


• Chapter 10 - Preparing for the Showdown


• Chapter 11 - Chicago - Following the Script


• Chapter 12 - Chicago - Unscripted


• Chapter 13 - Drafts and Destroyers


• Chapter 14 - The Pivot


• Chapter 15 - To the Finish Line


• Epilogue - The Mandate

Filling a gap in presidential history, Roosevelt's Second Act uncovers in complex detail what lay behind Roosevelt's decision to stand for an unprecedented third term, and examines the multiplicity of conflicting forces at work on him.