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Author Parrish, Thomas (Thomas D.)

Title To keep the British Isles afloat : FDR's men in Churchill's London, 1941 / Thomas Parrish.

Publication Info. New York : Smithsonian Books, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  940.531 PAR    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  940.591 PAR    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-311) and index.
Contents Prologue : Crisis, 1940 -- Money flies -- Friendships -- "Brilliance and glitter" -- Dark autumn -- Terror in the air -- The case of solidarity -- "Send for Harry!" -- Decidedly unneutral acts -- The political calculating machine -- "Reposing special faith and confidence" -- "A smiling gentleman" -- "The perfection of human society" -- "Whither thou goest" -- "The all-seeing eye" -- "A new Magna Carta" -- "By temperament, training and experience" -- Linking up -- "In a nightmare" -- At the Dorchester -- On his majesty's service -- The colossus factor.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946.
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.
ISBN 9780061357930 (acid-free paper) : $26.99
0061357936 (acid-free paper)
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