Rendezvous with destiny : how Franklin D. Roosevelt and five extraordinary men took America into the war and into the world /

Fullilove demonstrates that America's global primacy in the second half of the twentieth century was enabled by the earlier work of Roosevelt and his five extraordinary representatives from 1939-1941. Together, these men and their president took the United States into the war and, by defeating...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Fullilove, Michael, 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945. Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Friends and associates. Welles, Sumner, > 1892-1961. Donovan, William J. > (William Joseph), > 1883-1959. Hopkins, Harry L. > (Harry Lloyd), > 1890-1946. Willkie, Wendell L. > (Wendell Lewis), > 1892-1944. Harriman, W. Averell > (William Averell), > 1891-1986. United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 > United States.

Table of Contents:

Prologue : September 1939
"A one-man American mission of curiosity" : 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.