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American warlords: how Roosevelt's high command led America to victory in World War II

By Henry Lewis , Eisenhower , Franklin Delano;Stimson , Dwight David;Jordan , Jonathan W.;Marshall , George Catlett;Roosevelt

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN
9780451414588, 0451414586
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
13 MB (14119958 bytes)
Pages
xvi, 607 pages 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
-- 18-- 1867-1950;Marshall-- 1882-1945 -- Military leadership;Eisenhower-- 1890-1969;Stimson1939-1945--Campaigns;World War1939-1945--United States;Biography;History;BiograpCommand of troops;Command of troops--History--20thDwight D. -- (Dwight David)Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano)George C. -- (George Catlett)Henry L. -- (Henry Lewis)

Description

From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordan—author of Brothers, Rivals, Victors—comes the intimate true story of President Franklin Roosevelt's inner circle of military leadership, the team of rivals who shaped World War II and America. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States was wakened from its slumber of isolationism. To help him steer the nation through the coming war, President Franklin Roosevelt turned to the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln: Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Admiral Ernest J. King, and General George C. Marshall. Together, these four men led the nation through history's most devastating conflict and ushered in a new era of unprecedented American influence, all while forced to overcome the profound personal and political differences which divided them. A startling and intimate reassessment of U.S. leadership during World War II, American Warlords is...

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