Commander in Chief by Nigel Hamilton

Commander in Chief by Nigel Hamilton

From Nigel Hamilton's acclaimed World War II saga, the astonishing story of FDR's yearlong, defining battle with Churchill in 1943, as the war raged in Africa and Italy.



1943 was the year of Allied military counteroffensives, beating back the forces of the Axis powers in North Africa and the Pacific--the "Hinge of Fate," as Winston Churchill called it. In Commander in Chief, Nigel Hamilton reveals FDR's true role in this saga: overruling his own Joint Chiefs of Staff, ordering American airmen on an ambush of the Japanese navy's Admiral Yamamoto, facing down Churchill when he attempted to abandon Allied D-day strategy (twice). This FDR is profoundly different from the one Churchill later painted. President Roosevelt's patience was tested to the limit quelling the prime minister's "revolt," as Churchill pressured Congress and senior American leaders to focus Allied energy on disastrous fighting in Italy and the Aegean instead of landings in Normandy. Finally, in a dramatic showdown at Hyde Park, FDR had to stop Churchill from losing the war by making the ultimate threat, setting the Allies on their course to final victory.



In Commander in Chief, Hamilton masterfully chronicles the clash of nations--and of two titanic personalities--at a crucial moment in modern history.

Among the topics discussed are John F. Kennedy, General Bernard Monty Montgomery, and President Bill Clinton. He is a senior fellow at the University of Massachusetts Boston's McCormack Graduate School and the inaugural president of the Biographers International Organization.

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ISBN 13	9780544944466
ISBN 10	0544944461
Title	Commander in Chief
Author	Nigel Hamilton
Series	Fdr At War
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Mariner Books
Year published	2017-05-16
Number of pages	496
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