The Wheelchair President

The only four-term President (so far) and the architect of the New Deal during the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt faced his toughest challenge as the Second World War loomed. Historian David Reynolds re-examines FDR’s wartime leadership and the secrets that he held onto for his entire life as America's wheelchair president raced to shape the future before the past caught up with him.

As the war escalated, Roosevelt’s health deteriorated and his love life grew more complex. But these facts were kept from the American people and the press by the President and a close circle of friends. Historian David Reynolds looks at the end of FDR’s life, exploring the impact of his growing frailty on the war's endgame and the tainted peace that followed.