AUDIOBOOK

Roosevelt and Churchill

Men of Secrets

David Stafford
4.2
(10)
Duration
11h 24m
Year
2013
Language
English

About

An intriguing look behind the congenial façade of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, this work reveals how each leader jealously guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate national interests. David Stafford's masterly study shows that at the heart of their complicated relationship-which was always dynamic-was an extraordinary fascination with clandestine operations. On this foundation, Roosevelt and Churchill constructed a fighting alliance unlike any other in history.

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"Explore[s] the intersections between the grand narrative of the Roosevelt and Churchill relationship and the activities of Allied spymasters and secret go betweens…Worth reading."
New York Times Book Review
"Stafford wants nothing to do with the popular view of the great wartime partnership between Churchill and FDR…Stafford demonstrates that the alliance of these two cunning leaders was the product of need and hard bargaining, not sentiment. He further contends-quite rightly-that the complex relationship between the two was mirrored by the actions of their intelligence operatives…Both FDR and Church
Publishers Weekly

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