In "FDR: The New Deal Years 1933-1937: A History", Kenneth S. Davis presents a meticulous account of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
first term. This book is the third
volume in Davis's much-lauded biography series of the thirty-second
president. This paper shows how, in this volume, Davis focuses on Roosevelt's New Deal policies, providing a thorough analysis of how the president laid the foundations, often without his full comprehension, of the American semi-welfare state.