Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-454) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: September 1939 -- "A one-man American mission ofcuriosity" : Sumner Welles in Rome, Berlin, Paris and London, February-March 1940 -- "A sensible Colonel House" : Bill Donovan in London, July-August 1940 -- "History's foremost marriage broker" : Harry Hopkins in London, January-February 1941 -- "Sail on, oh ship of state!" : Wendell Willkie in London and Dublin, January-February 1941 -- "To keep the British Isles afloat" : Averell Harriman in London, Africa and the Middle East, March-July 1941 -- "Mister Hurry Upkins" : Harry Hopkins in London, July 1941 -- "Uncle Joe's favorite" : Harry Hopkins in Moscow and at Placentia Bay, July-August 1941 -- Epilogue : December 1941.
Summary:
Recounts the story of how in the days between Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable men on missions in Europe to pursue actions that were crucial to the course of the Second World War.
Indexed by:
Booklist, June 2013 Choice, December 2013 Kirkus Review, May 2013 Booklist Choice Kirkus Review
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