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A key figure in the administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, Benjamin V. Cohen (1894-1983) was a major architect of public policy from the first days of FDR's presidency through the early days of the Cold War. Although he kept a low public profile, Cohen's influence extended across a wide range of domestic and foreign policy initiatives. In this biography, William Lasser offers the first account of Ben Cohen's life and career, and an assessment of his contribution to the origin and development of modern American liberalism.Cohen's life provides an extraordinary lens through which to view the development of the evolving political philosophy of the Roosevelt and Truman presidencies. A brilliant lawyer noted for his good judgment and experience, Cohen was a leading member of FDR's "Brain Trust," developing ideas, drafting legislation, lobbying within the administration and in Congress, and defending the New Deal in court. The book traces his contributions to domestic financial policy, his activities during the war years in London and Washington, his service as counselor to the State Department and member of the American delegation to the United Nations after the war, and his role in the American Zionist movement. From Cohen's life and work, Lasser draws important insights into the development of the New Deal and the evolution of postwar liberalism.

Statesmen --- Intellectuals --- Lawyers --- New Deal, 1933-1939. --- Liberalism --- New Deal, 1933-1939 --- History --- Cohen, Benjamin V. --- Cohen, Ben --- United States --- Politics and government

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Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country-shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself. What began as the underwriting of a variety of projects to create family farms and farming communities had become by the 1930's a massive public works and regional development program, with an emphasis on the urban as much as on the rural West.

Water-supply --- Reclamation of land --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Land, Reclamation of --- Land melioration --- Land reclamation --- Melioration of land --- Land use --- Shore protection --- Government policy --- History --- United States. --- United States Reclamation Service --- BOR --- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation --- USBR --- West (U.S.) --- American West --- Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) --- United States, Western --- Western States (U.S.) --- Western United States --- Economic conditions --- 1930s. --- agriculture. --- american west. --- arable land. --- arizona. --- boulder dam. --- bureau of indian affairs. --- bureau of reclamation. --- california. --- carey act. --- drought. --- ecology. --- family farms. --- farming communities. --- farming. --- frontier. --- government programs. --- irrigation projects. --- land development. --- land management. --- native americans. --- nature. --- nonfiction. --- pima. --- politics. --- public works. --- rupert idaho. --- rural. --- social program. --- teddy roosevelt. --- the new deal. --- twin falls. --- urban america. --- us history. --- water policy. --- water rights. --- water use. --- water. --- western history. --- yakima.