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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199891958
ISBN-139780199891955
eBay Product ID (ePID)117245100
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Book TitleHopkins Touch : Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler
Number of Pages520 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / 20th Century, Military / World War II, International Relations / General, Presidents & Heads of State, Political
Publication Year2013
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorDavid L. Roll
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight28.8 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2012-012254
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"It is refreshing to read an account of a time when commitment to the national interest, personal depth in history, vision, loyalty and discretion were the watchwords. Such is the portrait of Harry Hopkins, Franklin Roosevelt's closest confidante and trusted surrogate, drawn by David Roll in this absorbing update of Robert Sherwood's defining work. Drawing on material never before available, Roll revisits Hopkins roots, his intimate relationship with the president, how deeply he was revered by Prime Minister Churchill, and trusted by Joseph Stalin - all in one of the best researched, and well-written biographical works I've ever read.The Hopkins Touchdeserves a place in the American political history stacks of every library in America - and also on your night stand."--Robert (Bud) McFarlane, National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan, Harry Hopkins was FDR's left-hand man. He helped the maestro direct the American-British-Russian alliance that won World War II. David Roll shows just how he did it, this quiet deal-maker Churchill called "Lord Root of the Matter."The Hopkins Touchdeserves its place aside Robert Sherwood'sRoosevelt and Hopkinsand Jon Meacham'sFranklin and Winston." --Chris Matthews, host of Hardball with Chris Matthews on MSNBC "It is refreshing to read an account of a time when commitment to the national interest, personal depth in history, vision, loyalty and discretion were the watchwords. Such is the portrait of Harry Hopkins, Franklin Roosevelt's closest confidante and trusted surrogate, drawn by David Roll in this absorbing update of Robert Sherwood's defining work. Drawing on material never before available, Roll revisits Hopkins roots, his intimate relationship with the president, how deeply he was revered by Prime Minister Churchill, and trusted by Joseph Stalin--all in one of the best researched, and well-written biographical works I've ever read.The Hopkins Touchdeserves a place in the American political history stacks of every library in America--and also on your night stand."--Robert (Bud) McFarlane, National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan, "Harry Hopkins was FDR's left-hand man. He helped the maestro direct the American-British-Russian alliance that won World War II. David Roll shows just how he did it, this quiet deal-maker Churchill called "Lord Root of the Matter."The Hopkins Touchdeserves its place aside Robert Sherwood'sRoosevelt and Hopkinsand Jon Meacham'sFranklin and Winston."--Chris Matthews, host of "Hardball with Chris Matthews" on MSNBC "It is refreshing to read an account of a time when commitment to the national interest, personal depth in history, vision, loyalty and discretion were the watchwords. Such is the portrait of Harry Hopkins, Franklin Roosevelt's closest confidante and trusted surrogate, drawn by David Roll in this absorbing update of Robert Sherwood's defining work. Drawing on material never before available, Roll revisits Hopkins roots, his intimate relationship with the president, how deeply he was revered by Prime Minister Churchill, and trusted by Joseph Stalin--all in one of the best researched, and well-written biographical works I've ever read.The Hopkins Touchdeserves a place in the American political history stacks of every library in America--and also on your night stand."--Robert (Bud) McFarlane, National Security Adviser to Ronald Reagan, David Roll's history puts a man who worked behind the scenes into the full glare of the spotlight and rightly so., If you prefer your history to provide new insights into our past as well as raise some of the common themes that challenge us today, then this thoroughly researched and elegantly written biography of Roosevelt's man for all season will be a joy.
Dewey Decimal940.53/2
Table Of ContentC O N T E N T S Prologue: Moving In 1 Ambitious Reformer 2 Asks for Nothing Except to Serve 3 He Suddenly Came Out with It -- The Whole Program 4 The Right Man 5 First Glimpse of Dawn? 6 Vodka Has Authority 7 At Last We Have Gotten Together 8 We Are All in the Same Boat Now 9 Some Sort of a Front This Summer 10 The Hopkins Touch 11 Lighting the Torch 12 The View from Marrakech 13 Fault Lines 14 Th e Alliance Shifts 15 Tilting toward the Russians 16 A Soldier's Debt 17 The Best They Could Do 18 A Leave of Absence from Death 19 Th e Root of the Matter
SynopsisFranklin Roosevelt's friend and advisor Harry Hopkins, an Iowan social worker who became the president's political "point man" during World War II, was one of the most improbable and important political operators of the twentieth century. Having gained Roosevelt's trust assisting on campaigns and leading relief and jobs programs--including the WPA--during the 1930s, Hopkins helped the president confront the growing threat, and later the reality, of war. From the beginning, Hopkins grasped that the key to victory was the creation and maintenance of an Allied coalition of military power sustained by economic cooperation. He acted as the self-described "catalytic agent" between the Allied leaders, meeting frequently with Churchill and Stalin both before and long after Pearl Harbor and coordinating the $50 billion Lend-Lease program. David Roll's portrait of Hopkins discusses his early life and career, but emphasizes his role alongside FDR (and later Truman) in World War II, making use of previously private diaries and letters., The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration. In this impressive biography, David Roll shows how Harry Hopkins, an Iowa-born social worker who had been an integral part of the New Deal's implementation, became the linchpin in FDR's--and America's--relationships with Churchill and Stalin, and spoke with an authority second only to the president's. Hopkins could take the political risks his boss could not, and proved crucial to maintaining personal relations among the Big Three. Beloved by some--such as Churchill, who believed that Hopkins "always went to the root of the matter"--and trusted by most--including the paranoid Stalin--there were nevertheless those who resented the influence of "the White House Rasputin." Based on newly available sources, The Hopkins Touch is an absorbing, substantial work that offers a fresh perspective on the World War II era and the Allied leaders, through the life of the man who kept them on point until the war was won., "The best biography of a crucial figure at pivotal moment in American history since Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1948 classic, Roosevelt and Hopkins." --Steven Casey, author of Cautious Crusade: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion and the War against Nazi Germany, 1941-1945
LC Classification NumberD753.R64 2013
