Masters and Commanders
NY: Harper Collins, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover_boards. 6.25"x9.5" 674 indexed pgs. X-library w/graphics. First printing w/number line. VeryGood / VeryGood. Item #14343
ISBN: 9780061228575
An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall. Each was exceptionally tough willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others if he was to have his strategy adopted. Andrew Roberts, whom The Economist calls "Britain's finest contemporary military historian," traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often-explosive disagreements ... Source: Publisher.
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