Author: FULLILOVE, MICHAEL (1972-)
Title: Rendezvous with destiny : how Franklin D. Roosevelt and five extraordinary men took America into the war and into the world / Michael Fullilove
Description: New York : Penguin Press 2013. Book Club Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 466 pages; Physical description; 466 p. [8] leaves of plates : ill. ports. facsims. ; 25 cm. Contents; 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. Subjects; 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.Weight in Kg appr.:

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