The author of a book about Franklin Roosevelt, who was elected president for the first time in US history for a third (in 1940) and then a fourth (in 1944) term, is historian, professor James McGregor Burns, in the 40s worked as an assistant to a congressman in the White House and got to know the political kitchen of America from the inside, in particular with the activities of the presidential administration. In his book, Burns gives a detailed description of the president both as a person and as a politician. A huge layer of little-known historical material from an unexpected point of view shows the big game as an exciting intrigue of the struggle of intellects and characters.