• 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

Richard Moe has had a distinguished career in law, politics, and historic preservation. He was the chief of staff to Vice President Walter Mondale and served as a member of Jimmy Carter's senior staff, before working as a partner in a Washington law firm. From 1993 - 2010, he was the president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
He is the author of The Last Full Measure: The Life and Death of the First Minnesota Volunteers and co-author of Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl.

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.