The Washington war : FDR's inner circle and the politics of power that won World War II / James Lacey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacey, Jim, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Friends and associates.

Command of troops.

United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.

United States.

Politics and government.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Military leadership.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Friends and associates.

Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.

Marshall, George C.

Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.

Morgenthau, Henry.

Stimson, Henry L. (Henry Lewis), 1867-1950.

Stimson, Henry L.

Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972.

Byrnes, James F.

King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956.

King, Ernest Joseph.

Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946.

Hopkins, Harry L.

Cabinet officers--United States.

Cabinet officers.

World War, 1939-1945--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Friendship.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxii, 567 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bantam Books, [2019]

Summary:

"A Team of Rivals for World War II, here is the inside story of how FDR and the towering personalities around him waged war in the corridors of Washington D.C. to secure ultimate victory on the battlefields of Europe and the Pacific. Faced with the unprecedented challenges posed by a global war against entrenched and implacable totalitarian forces, Franklin Delano Roosevelt surrounded himself with a colorful group of strong-minded counselors, including Army Chief of Staff George Marshall, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, power broker James Byrnes, Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King, the ubiquitous Harry Hopkins, and many others. Given these forceful personalities and their equal dedication to the war effort, vicious clashes and Machiavellian maneuvering were inevitable. The outcome at many critical junctures turned on a dime. With unprecedented scope and intimacy, based on exhaustive research and newly discovered sources, The Washington War by renowned military historian James Lacey delivers fresh insights into FDR's innermost circles--and the fascinating behind-the-scenes machinations and power plays that won the greatest war in history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Inching toward war

Wars are won in the details

Roosevelt finds a war consigliere

Early maneuvers

Hot dogs at Hyde Park

First salvos

The State Department at war ... with itself

Blitzkrieg

Roosevelt's general

A reluctant industrial complex

The sphinx

Republicans seize the War Department

Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars

Business gets its field marshals

Bankrolling Britain

Colors become rainbows

Hamlet finds an admiral

Drang Nach Osten

Rendezvous at sea

Production battles

War in the Pacific

A city at war

Churchill comes to town

Arcadia conference

Bureaucratic road kill

A bitter season

Joint chiefs

Striking back

Deserting the bear

Stopping the tide

On track

The great feasibility dispute

No rubber, no war

Torch

New hands at the helm

Byrnes cast upon troubled waters

A non-united front

Casablanca

Man-and woman-power

The Jewish question

Auld lang syne

Storm clouds over the alliance

Showdown in Quebec

The Big-3 in Tehran

The grind

Election 1944

surveying the field

Pacific overtures

The Morgenthau Plan

The champ

Yalta and the end.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-538) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780345547583

0345547586

OCLC:

1048222732