FDR Unmasked

<p><strong>The Hidden Illnesses That Shaped FDR's Life and Changed the Course of History</strong></p><p><br></p><p>Conventional wisdom has it that after Franklin Delano Roosevelt overcame a bout of polio at age 39 he remained in robust health until dying of a stroke in 1945 at age 63. The reality: cover-ups by his innermost circle of confidantes family members and physicians concealed serious medical problems that not only endangered FDR's life but threatened the fate of the free world.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing on extensive research including FBI memoranda first-hand reports a diary kept by his closest companion and even an admission by Eleanor Roosevelt herself FDR Unmasked reveals:</p><ul><li>The multitude of maladies FDR battled at virtually every stage of his career including epilepsy severe cardiovascular disease and incurable cancers</li><li>His friendship with the physician who helped hide Woodrow Wilson's disabling stroke for the last 18 months of his presidency</li><li>His close highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor who provided his yacht for secret medical treatments including one near-fatal episode in 1934</li><li>How a weakened FDR failed to challenge Stalin's demands at Yalta</li><li>The unknown archive of a cancer surgeon who treated FDR as early as 1930 - a relationship FDR's son later concealed</li></ul>