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Roosevelt's centurions : FDR and the commanders he led to victory in World War II / Joseph E. Persico.
- Title
- Roosevelt's centurions : FDR and the commanders he led to victory in World War II / Joseph E. Persico.
- Author
- Persico, Joseph E.
- Publication
- New York : Random House, c2013.
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- Description
- xviii, 650 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Explains how Franklin D. Roosevelt assumed the role of a hands-on wartime leader, discussing his contributions to military strategy and analyzing how his decisions may have helped end or prolonged the war.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-572) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The day we almost lost the army -- An end of neutrality -- From Barbarossa to the Atlantic Charter -- An undeclared war -- Pearl Harbor -- The President and General MacArthur -- Philippines lost, China on the brink -- Europe a debate, Pacific a victory -- North Africa : FDR versus the generals -- Sea war, air war -- Torch : the political education of Dwight Eisenhower -- The home front -- Unconditional surrender -- From Pacific islands to desert sands -- Italy invaded, Germany blasted -- From Tarawa to Tehran -- D-day -- MacArthur versus King : FDR's decision -- Europe : broad axe versus the spear -- Stilwell leaves China, MacArthur returns to the Philippines -- From the home front to Yalta -- Leveling Japan, invading Okinawa -- To take Berlin? -- Death of the Commander-in-chief -- Anatomy of victory.
- ISBN
- 9781400064434 (alk. paper)
- 9780679645436 (ebook)
- LCCN
- ^^2011048698
- OCLC
- 759171884
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library