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## Abstract Chapter 2 examines Congress’ role during World War II to show the value of congressional representation, which provided the means for equitably distributing the massive burdens entailed by the war effort. The American people did not quietly accept the rationing, price inflation, and massive tax increases imposed during the war. However, healthy wartime debates in Congress yielded reasonable and politically legitimate arrangements, while blocking unaccountable presidential control of the economy, especially after the war. Roosevelt is rightly remembered as the dominant presence in American politics during this time, but his influence over the home front was limited—precisely because he could not, as a single person, hope to fairly represent the multiplicity of interests struggling with the disruptions of war. The nation ultimately profited from the legislature’s stubborn resistance against some of FDR’s most ambitious plans for organizing the American economy.

Author

Philip A. Wallach

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780197657881

Subjects

Political Science, Social_sciences