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This title presents the work of biographers and historians who analyzed Franklin D. Roosevelt's long association with the United States Navy, in war and peace, from the turn of the 20th century to the end of World War II. The contributors show how as President during the 1930s, FDR endeavoured with naval leaders, not always successfully, to build a combat-capable fleet and to deter the aggressor nations of Europe and Asia. The essays argue that one of Franklin Roosevelt's greatest achievements was his direction as Commander in Chief of the US Navy and the other American armed forces during World War II. This book is the product of a day-long conference, entitled "Franklin D. Roosevelt and the US Navy" that was held on October 22, 1996 at the US Navy Memorial Foundation's Heritage Center on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. The book should be of interest to departments of history, naval studies, defence studies and American studies.