Rendezvous with Destiny
How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World
New York, New York : The Penguin Press, 2013.
Format: Book
Description: 468 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Fullilove demonstrates that America's global primacy in the second half of the twentieth century was enabled by the earlier work of Roosevelt and his five extraordinary representatives from 1939-1941. Together these men and their president took the United States into the war and, by defeating domestic isolationists and foreign enemies, into the world.
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 at Placentia Bay, July-August 1941 -- Epilogue : December 1941.
Subjects:
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.
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.
ISBN:
9781594204357 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-454) and index.