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Author Hamilton, Nigel, author.

Title The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942 / Nigel Hamilton.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

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Description xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
Command of troops -- Case studies.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
ISBN 9780547775241 (hardcover)
0547775245 (hardcover)
9780544227842 (paperback)
0544227840 (paperback)
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