Winter War (Basic Books, January 2019), by Eric Rauchway, professor of history, shows how Franklin Roosevelt laid out plans for the New Deal in the months before his inauguration and President Herbert Hoover became a critic of the policy — a battle over ideas that shaped the divisive politics of the 20th century. 

Eric Rauchway's newest book, Why the New Deal Matters, was published by Yale University Press in 2021. He welcomes applications for graduate study in U.S. history during the 1930s and 1940s, with special interest in policies of the Roosevelt administration. He has chaired the UC Davis Senate committees on the library and on academic freedom and responsibility, as well as the systemwide committee on academic freedom.

Professor Rauchway's recent research focuses on the New Deal and the Second World War. He has consulted for the U.S. Department of Justice and a major Hollywood studio, and welcomes inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in studying the United States in the era of the Great Depression and the New Deal.

View the book at Basic Books