Franklin Roosevelt: Evaluation Roosevelt's presidency was marked by crises.  He faced not only the greatest domestic crisis in American history, but it was almost immediately followed by the bloodiest war in world history.  Understandably, during his first two terms in office, he strove to restore American economic greatness.  His foreign policy during this time suffered from a lack of attention, but this was inevitable.  Once war came, Roosevelt conducted his policy based on the somewhat naive hope that the United States, China, Britain, and the Soviet Union would be able to work together for the benefit of the human race.  While his idealism does him credit, his policies allowed for the Soviet Union to dominate a larger share of postwar Europe than would have otherwise been the case while simultaneously prolonging the American realization that, as a superpower, it would have to confront the Soviets in order to maintain global stability.  Still, despite the failure of his larger aspirations, his overall record must be viewed as a success, especially in light of his domestic policies.       T. Roosevelt           Wilson      F. Roosevelt          Philosophy          Incidents          Advisers          Evaluation          Citations        Truman        Eisenhower        Kennedy        Johnson        Nixon        Carter        Reagan        Bush

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