History, examined beyond the frame.

On November 7, 1944, Franklin Roosevelt won a fourth term. Behind the campaign photographs stood a war, a serious illness and the choice of Harry Truman.

With Europe at war, voters gave Franklin Roosevelt a third term. The campaign tested an unwritten presidential tradition and a divided country’s sense of danger.

Mandela, Gandhi, Roosevelt, Churchill and Atatürk faced different crises. Comparing their decisions reveals more than treating political leadership as a contest with an objective winner.