Commander In Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (FDR at

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

â€œSuperb . . . Hamilton brilliantly sets out Rooseveltâ€™s foresight, determination and skill in establishing a new world order.â€ â€”Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post

â€œProvocative . . . stimulating to follow.â€ â€”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 Pacificâ€”the â€œHinge of Fate,â€ as Winston Churchill called it. In Commander in Chief Nigel Hamilton reveals FDRâ€™s true role in this saga: overruling his own Joint Chiefs of Staff, ordering American airmen on an ambush of the Japanese navyâ€™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 Rooseveltâ€™s patience was tested to the limit quelling the Prime Ministerâ€™s â€œrevolt,â€ 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 nationsâ€”and of two titanic personalitiesâ€”at a crucial moment in modern history.

â€œThe rebuttal to the Churchill multivolume history . . . The war retains its power to shock and surprise.â€ â€” Boston Globe
Country USA
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2024-03-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2024-03-19
Format	Kindle eBook

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

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