The Resource The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942, Nigel Hamilton
The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942, Nigel Hamilton
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- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- 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
- Contents
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- Placentia Bay. Before the storm
- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble
- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room
- Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general
- End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization
- India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters
- Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway
- Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe
- Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day
- The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny
- Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer
- An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant
- The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath
- The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day
- Isbn
- 9780547775241
- Label
- The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942
- Title
- The mantle of command
- Title remainder
- FDR at war, 1941-1942
- Statement of responsibility
- Nigel Hamilton
- Subject
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- Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- Command of troops -- Case studies
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hamilton, Nigel
- Dewey number
- 940.54/1273
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D753 .H25 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Command of troops
- World War, 1939-1945
- Great Britain
- United States
- Label
- The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942, Nigel Hamilton
- Note
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-495) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Placentia Bay. Before the storm -- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble -- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room -- Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general -- End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization -- India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters -- Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway -- Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe -- Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day -- The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny -- Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer -- An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant -- The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath -- The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day
- Control code
- ocn854944611
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780547775241
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013045586
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854944611
- Label
- The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942, Nigel Hamilton
- Note
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-495) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Placentia Bay. Before the storm -- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble -- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room -- Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general -- End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization -- India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters -- Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway -- Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe -- Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day -- The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny -- Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer -- An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant -- The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath -- The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day
- Control code
- ocn854944611
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780547775241
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013045586
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854944611
Subject
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
- Command of troops -- Case studies
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
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