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The Hopkins touch : Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler /

David Roll offers a portrait of the most powerful man in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. He shows how Harry Hopkins, an Iowa-born social worker who had been an integral part of the New Deal's implementation, became the linchpin in FDR's - and America's - relationships wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roll, David L., 1940-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Hopkins, Harry L. > (Harry Lloyd), > 1890-1946.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Friends and associates.
Hopkins, Harry L. > (Harry Lloyd), > 1890-1946
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
Statesmen > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1933-1945.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Diplomatic history
Diplomatic relations
Friendship
Statesmen
United States
1933-1945
Electronic books.
Biographies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Ambitious reformer
  • Asks for nothing except to serve
  • He suddenly came out with it: the whole program
  • The right man
  • First glimpse of dawn?
  • Vodka has authority
  • At last we have gotten together
  • We are all in the same boat now
  • Some sort of a front this summer
  • The Hopkins touch
  • Lighting the torch
  • The view from Marrakech
  • Fault lines
  • The alliance shifts
  • Tilting toward the Russians
  • A soldier's debt
  • The best they could do
  • A leave of absence from death
  • The root of the matter.