Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft

During World War II the â€œspecial relationshipâ€ between the United States and Great Britain cemented the alliance that won the war. But the ultimate victory of that partnership has obscured many of the conflicts behind Franklin Rooseveltâ€™s grins and Winston Churchillâ€™s victory signs, the clashes of principles and especially personalities between and within the two nations.

Synthesizing an impressive variety of sources from memoirs and letters to histories and biographies, Lewis Lehrman explains how the Anglo-American alliance worked--and occasionally did not work--by presenting portraits and case studies of the men who worked the back channels and back rooms, the secretaries and under secretaries, ambassadors and ministers, responsible for carrying out Rooseveltâ€™s and Churchillâ€™s agendas while also pursuing their own and thwarting othersâ€™. This was the domain of Joseph Kennedy, American ambassador to England often at odds with his boss; spymasters William Donovan and William Stephenson; Secretary of State Cordell Hull, whom FDR frequently bypassed in favor of Under Secretary Sumner Welles; British ambassadors Lord Lothian and Lord Halifax; and, above them all, Roosevelt and Churchill, who had the difficult task, not always well performed, of managing their subordinates and who frequently chose to conduct foreign policy directly between themselves. Scrupulous in its research and fair in its judgments, Lehrmanâ€™s book reveals the personal diplomacy at the core of the Anglo-American alliance.
Country USA
Manufacturer Stackpole Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-01-30
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Stackpole Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-01-30
Format	Kindle eBook

Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft

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