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The Mantle of Command: FDR At War, 1941-1942
by Hamilton, Nigel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good+ DJ
- ISBN 10
- 0547775245
- ISBN 13
- 9780547775241
- Seller
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Southampton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2014. First Edition. Very Good +/Very Good+ DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. First Printing Hardcover. Clean interior and exterior. No highlights or markings in text. Bright copy. Strong and tight binding. DJ is matte, clean, crisp.
Synopsis
Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR’s masterful—and underappreciated—command of the Allied war effort. Hamilton takes readers inside FDR’s White House Oval Study—his personal command center—and into the meetings where he battled with Churchill about strategy and tactics and overrode the near mutinies of his own generals and secretary of war. Time and again, FDR was proven right and his allies and generals were wrong. When the generals wanted to attack the Nazi-fortified coast of France, FDR knew the Allied forces weren’t ready. When Churchill insisted his Far East colonies were loyal and would resist the Japanese, Roosevelt knew it was a fantasy. As Hamilton’s account reaches its climax with the Torch landings in North Africa in late 1942, the tide of war turns in the Allies’ favor and FDR’s genius for psychology and military affairs is clear. This intimate, sweeping look at a great president in history’s greatest conflict is must reading.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NF56045
- Title
- The Mantle of Command: FDR At War, 1941-1942
- Author
- Hamilton, Nigel
- Illustrator
- n/a
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ DJ
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0547775245
- ISBN 13
- 9780547775241
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Pages
- 514pp
- Size
- 8vo = over 9"
- Keywords
- Bookseller catalogs
- History-World War II;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heritage Books
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Southampton, Massachusetts
About Heritage Books
Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.
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