# *FDR Goes to War: How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America* **BOOK FORUM Tuesday, January 17, 2012 Noon (Luncheon to Follow)** Featuring the authors **Burton W. Folsom, Jr.** and **Anita Folsom**. Moderated by **David Boaz**, Cato Institute. Mount Vernon Place, Undercroft Auditorium, 900 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001 [![Add event to Google Calendar](/events/images/google-cal-button.png "Add event to Google Calendar")]()[![Add event to Microsoft Outlook Calendar](/events/images/outlook-cal-button.png "Add event to Microsoft Outlook Calendar")](/events/icalendar/cato-event.ics?eventid=8724)[![Add event to iCal](/events/images/ical-cal-button.png "Add event to iCal")](/events/icalendar/cato-event.ics?eventid=8724)[![Add event to Yahoo Calendar](/events/images/yahoo-cal-button.png "Add event to Yahoo Calendar")](http://calendar.yahoo.com/?v=60&view=d&type=20&title=FDR+Goes+to+War:+How+Expanded+Executive+Power,+Spiraling+National+Debt,+and+Restricted+Civil+Liberties+Shaped+Wartime+America&st=20120117T120000&desc=Cato+Institute+Book+Forum.++Featuring+the+authors+Burton+W.+Folsom,+Jr.+and+Anita+Folsom.+Moderated+by+David+Boaz,+Cato+Institute.&in_loc=Mount+Vernon+Place,+Undercroft+Auditorium,+900+Massachusetts+Ave.,+N.W.,+Washington,+D.C.+20001) [![QuickTime](/weekly/quicktime.gif)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cbf-1-17-12_fix.mp4)[Watch the Event in QuickTime (M4V)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cbf-1-17-12_fix.mp4) [](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cbfa-1-17-12_fix.mp3) [![Media Name: ipod.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg?itok=5gSrqX94)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/ipod.jpg) [Download a Podcast of the Event (MP3)](https://cdn.cato.org/archive-2012/cbfa-1-17-12_fix.mp3)[ [![Media Name: FDR-goes-to-war_130.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/90833425699/FDR-goes-to-war_130.jpg?itok=tkftTD_P)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/www.cato.org/90833425699/FDR-goes-to-war_130.jpg) Purchase Book](http://www.amazon.com/FDR-Goes-War-Executive-Restricted/dp/1439183201/?tag=catoinstitute-20) Lots of books examine the military history of World War II. In this new book, Burt Folsom and Anita Folsom, authors of *[New Deal or Raw Deal?](http://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Raw-Economic-Damaged/dp/1416592229/?tag=catoinstitute-20)*, look at some of the domestic aspects of the war. Taxes and spending soared — along with government propaganda for taxes — laying the groundwork for a permanently larger government. History books tell us the war ended the Depression. But the food rations, nonexistent luxuries, crippling taxes, labor strikes, and dangerous work of the time tell a different story — hardly the stuff of recovery. Indeed, the war ushered in a new level of power in the executive branch. Roosevelt seized private property, conducted illegal wiretaps, tried to silence domestic opposition, and interned 110,000 Japanese Americans. Join us for a discussion of some of the lesser-known aspects of President Roosevelt's conduct of the war. **Online registration for this event is now closed. If you are interested in registering for the event please email .** [![Media Name: printer.gif](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/optimized/public/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/printer.gif?itok=iwey16r1)](/sites/cato.org/files/download-remote-images/object.cato.org/169672258913/printer.gif) [Printer Friendly Version](/event.php?eventid=8724&print=Y)