Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five

Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World

â€œA fascinating and well-written account of a little-known chapter that was crucial to the course of World War II and to Americaâ€™s global leadership.â€ â€”Henry A. Kissinger

In the dark days between Hitlerâ€™s invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japanâ€™s attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable menâ€”Sumner Welles, William â€œWild Billâ€ Donovan, Harry Hopkins, Averell Harriman, and Wendell Willkieâ€”on dramatic and dangerous missions to Europe. The five envoysâ€™ highly unorthodox missions took them into the middle of the war and exposed them to the leading figures of the age. Taken together, they plot the arc of Americaâ€™s transformation from a divided and hesitant middle power into a global leader. Drawing on vast archival research, Rendezvous with Destiny is narrative history at its most delightful, stirring, and important.

Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World