In the next installment of the "splendid memoir Roosevelt didn't get to write" (New York Times); Nigel Hamilton tells the astonishing story of FDR's year-long; defining battle with Churchill; as the war raged in Africa and Italy. Nigel Hamilton's Mantle of Command; long-listed for the National Book Award; drew on years of archival research and interviews to portray FDR in a tight close up; as he determined Allied strategy in the crucial initial phases of World War II. Commander in Chief reveals the astonishing sequel — suppressed by Winston Churchill in his memoirs — of Roosevelt's battles with Churchill to maintain that strategy. Roosevelt knew that the Allies should take Sicily but avoid a wider battle in southern Europe; building experience but saving strength to invade France in early 1944. Churchill seemed to agree at Casablanca — only to undermine his own generals and the Allied command; testing Roosevelt’s patience to the limit. Churchill was afraid of the invasion planned for Normandy; and pushed instead for disastrous fighting in Italy; thereby almost losing the war for the Allies. In a dramatic showdown; FDR finally set the ultimate course for victory by making the ultimate threat. Commander in Chief shows FDR in top form at a crucial time in the modern history of the West.
#5020546 in Books Cambridge University Press 2008-12-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.98 x .98 x 5.98l; 1.32 #File Name: 0521849136374 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Danny MGood.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good book but a bit too obsessed with a single themeBy D. RodrigoThis is a great book for introductory politics of Russia that gives special highlight to the politics; economy and society of Russia approaching the fall of the USSR and era after it. Although it does get preoccupied with its one theme of a 'Moschovy' Russia in explaining everything about the country; My professor recommended and I'm sure she knows what she's talking about
