Lacey, J: The Washington War FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
28.05.2019
Verlag
Random House N.Y.Seitenzahl
592
Maße (L/B/H)
24.4/16.4/4 cm
Gewicht
875 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-345-54758-3
“Superb.”
—The Wall Street Journal
“A convincing addition to the literature of WWII . . . Lacey deals with issues and strategies, including complex economic considerations, that many others have largely bypassed. . . . Comparisons to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, about Lincoln’s cabinet, are inevitable, and, in fact, the two books make an excellent pairing.” —Booklist
“A densely researched, thorough history for students of Roosevelt and World War II . . . Lacey manages to gather together the many strands of this remarkable story of how the U.S. government harnessed the disparate talents of business leaders, congressmen, volatile generals, and prickly heads of state such as Churchill.” —Kirkus Reviews
“No one before Lacey has wrangled such a large cast and covered so much bureaucratic ground. There is scarcely a significant quarrel or even mild dispute that Lacey doesn’t address. . . . This is great fun.” —The Washington Post
“James Lacey’s fine new book on the Washington front in World War II makes for compelling and instructive reading—compelling because the powerful and opinionated figures he depicts pulled no punches in their battles for policy supremacy, instructive because such struggles are always with us, in one form or another.” —H. W. Brands, bestselling author of Traitor to His Class and Dreams of El Dorado
“James Lacey’s study of World War II Washington politics reminds us that managing wartime affairs or exercising control in D.C. is always a great challenge. The Washington War, about Franklin Roosevelt’s masterful handling of political difficulties, should be a primer for anyone who is discouraged by current events and wishes to recall how a president makes our system of government function effectively.” —Robert Dallek, New York Times bestselling author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963
“James Lacey has produced a spectacular book on how American decision making and strategy formulation occurred in the political maelstrom of wartime Washington, the center of the Second World War’s most powerful nation. A work that everyone who has more than a passing interest in the history of World War II needs to read, The Washington War now establishes Professor Lacey as one of the most important scholars of American military history.” —Williamson Murray, co-author of A War to Be Won and A Savage War
“A convincing addition to the literature of WWII . . . Lacey deals with issues and strategies, including complex economic considerations, that many others have largely bypassed. . . . Comparisons to Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals, about Lincoln’s cabinet, are inevitable, and, in fact, the two books make an excellent pairing.” —Booklist
“A densely researched, thorough history for students of Roosevelt and World War II . . . Lacey manages to gather together the many strands of this remarkable story of how the U.S. government harnessed the disparate talents of business leaders, congressmen, volatile generals, and prickly heads of state such as Churchill.” —Kirkus Reviews
“No one before Lacey has wrangled such a large cast and covered so much bureaucratic ground. There is scarcely a significant quarrel or even mild dispute that Lacey doesn’t address. . . . This is great fun.” —The Washington Post
“James Lacey’s fine new book on the Washington front in World War II makes for compelling and instructive reading—compelling because the powerful and opinionated figures he depicts pulled no punches in their battles for policy supremacy, instructive because such struggles are always with us, in one form or another.” —H. W. Brands, bestselling author of Traitor to His Class and Dreams of El Dorado
“James Lacey’s study of World War II Washington politics reminds us that managing wartime affairs or exercising control in D.C. is always a great challenge. The Washington War, about Franklin Roosevelt’s masterful handling of political difficulties, should be a primer for anyone who is discouraged by current events and wishes to recall how a president makes our system of government function effectively.” —Robert Dallek, New York Times bestselling author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917–1963
“James Lacey has produced a spectacular book on how American decision making and strategy formulation occurred in the political maelstrom of wartime Washington, the center of the Second World War’s most powerful nation. A work that everyone who has more than a passing interest in the history of World War II needs to read, The Washington War now establishes Professor Lacey as one of the most important scholars of American military history.” —Williamson Murray, co-author of A War to Be Won and A Savage War
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