IntellectuaIs in Politics

Max Freedman, the editor of this volume, tells of a visit to Felix Frankfurter on February 20, 1965, just two days before the latter’s death: “Tell the whole story. Let people see how much I loved Roosevelt, how much I loved my country, and let them see how great a man Roosevelt really was.”

This volume is only partially successful in fulfilling Frankfurter’s wishes. To take the last hope first, the book cannot really be said to demonstrate Roosevelt’s gr...