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Rendezvous with destiny : how Franklin D. Roosevelt and five extraordinary men took America into the war and into the world Cover Image Book Book

Rendezvous with destiny : how Franklin D. Roosevelt and five extraordinary men took America into the war and into the world / Michael Fullilove.

Fullilove, Michael, 1972- (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781594204357 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 1594204357 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-454) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: September 1939 -- "A one-man American mission of curiosity" : Sumner Welles in Rome, Berlin, Paris and London, February-March 1940 -- "A sensible Colonel House" : Bill Donovan in London, July-August 1940 -- "History's foremost marriage broker" : Harry Hopkins in London, January-February 1941 -- "Sail on, oh ship of state!" : Wendell Willkie in London and Dublin, January-February 1941 -- "To keep the British Isles afloat" : Averell Harriman in London, Africa and the Middle East, March-July 1941 -- "Mister Hurry Upkins" : Harry Hopkins in London, July 1941 -- "Uncle Joe's favorite" : Harry Hopkins in Moscow and Argetina, July-August 1941 epilogue : December 1941

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Subject: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 > Friends and associates.
Welles, Sumner, 1892-1961.
Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959.
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.

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