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From New York Times bestselling author Jonathan W. Jordanâauthor of Brothers, Rivals, Victorsâcomes the intimate true story of President Franklin Rooseveltâs inner circle of military leadership, the team of rivals who shaped World War II and America.
âSuperbly written, well researched, and highly interesting.ââJean Edward Smith, New York Times bestsellingâŠ
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This is an intimate account of the collaboration between the quartet who led America to victory in World War II: FDR, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Army Chief of Staff George Marshall, and Commander-in-Chief of the US Fleet Admiral Ernest King. The four sometimes disagreed: the military men initially worried that FDR sought to shape war strategy for political purposes; the president overruled their preference for an Anglo-American invasion of Nazi-occupied France in 1943, something he considered premature. Far more often, the quartet set aside personal, political, and professional differences to pull the nation through its darkest days of theâŠ
From Iwan's list on why FDR was the greatest American president.
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