Under the system of democracy, people had better chances of obtaining government positions based on the quality of there work and ideas, not their political connections.
Oligarchy is a limited type of government
Sir Fergus Graham Burtholme Millar FBA is a British historian and Camden Professor of Ancient History Emeritus, Oxford University. Millar numbers among the most influential ancient historians of the 20th century.
The pacific war is what he is referring to. However, FDR has had many victories