The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
ISBN
9780547775241, 0547775245, 9780544227842, 0544227840
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Case studies.
Command of troops -- Case studies.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Case studies.
Command of troops -- Case studies.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780547775241, 0547775245, 9780544227842, 0544227840
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-495) and index.
Description
"Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR's masterful--and underappreciated--command of the Allied war effort. Hamilton takes readers inside FDR's White House Oval Study--his personal command center--and into the meetings where he battled with Churchill about strategy and tactics and overrode the near mutinies of his own generals and secretary of war. Time and again, FDR was proven right and his allies and generals were wrong. When the generals wanted to attack the Nazi-fortified coast of France, FDR knew the Allied forces weren't ready. When Churchill insisted his Far East colonies were loyal and would resist the Japanese, Roosevelt knew it was a fantasy. As Hamilton's account reaches its climax with the Torch landings in North Africa in late 1942, the tide of war turns in the Allies' favor and FDR's genius for psychology and military affairs is clear. This intimate, sweeping look at a great president in history's greatest conflict is must reading." -- Publisher's description.
Description
An in-depth analysis of FDR's leadership during the Second World War reveals how he assumed control over key decisions to launch a successful trial landing in North Africa to shift the war in favor of Allied forces.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hamilton, N. (2014). The mantle of command: FDR at war, 1941-1942 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamilton, Nigel. 2014. The Mantle of Command: FDR At War, 1941-1942. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hamilton, Nigel. The Mantle of Command: FDR At War, 1941-1942 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hamilton, Nigel. The Mantle of Command: FDR At War, 1941-1942 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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