The mantle of command : FDR at war, 1941-1942

Hamilton, Nigel (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 0544227840 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780544227842 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0547775245 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780547775241 (hardcover)
Physical Description: xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Publisher: New York, New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
Copyright: copyright2014

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Placentia Bay. Before the storm -- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble -- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room -- Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general -- End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization -- India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters -- Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway -- Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe -- Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day -- The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny -- Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer -- An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant -- The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath -- The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day.