Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (2) (FDR at War)

Hamilton, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0544944461 / ISBN 13: 9780544944466

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2017

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0544944461-3-21802240

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“Superb . . . Hamilton brilliantly sets out Roosevelt’s foresight, determination and skill in establishing a new world order.” —Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post

“Provocative . . . stimulating to follow.” —Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times Book Review

1943 was the year of Allied military counteroffensives, beating back the forces of the Axis powers in North Africa and the Pacific—the “Hinge of Fate,” as Winston Churchill called it. In Commander in Chief Nigel Hamilton reveals FDR’s true role in this saga: overruling his own Joint Chiefs of Staff, ordering American airmen on an ambush of the Japanese navy’s Admiral Yamamoto, facing down Churchill when he attempted to abandon Allied D-day strategy (twice). This FDR is profoundly different from the one Churchill later painted. President Roosevelt’s patience was tested to the limit quelling the Prime Minister’s “revolt,” as Churchill pressured Congress and senior American leaders to focus Allied energy on disastrous fighting in Italy and the Aegean instead of landings in Normandy. Finally, in a dramatic showdown at Hyde Park, FDR had to stop Churchill from losing the war by making the ultimate threat, setting the Allies on their course to final victory.

In Commander in Chief, Hamilton masterfully chronicles the clash of nations—and of two titanic personalities—at a crucial moment in modern history.

“The rebuttal to the Churchill multivolume history . . . The war retains its power to shock and surprise.” — Boston Globe

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

NIGEL HAMILTON is a best-selling and award-winning biographer, and the author of The Mantle of Command, long-listed for the National Book Award. He is a senior fellow at the McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

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Titel: Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with ...
Verlag: Mariner Books
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good