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Events • January 17, 2012 

# *FDR Goes to War: How Expanded Executive Power, Spiraling National Debt, and Restricted Civil Liberties Shaped Wartime America*

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##### [David Boaz](/people/david-boaz)

Former Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute