Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets - Softcover

Stafford, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585672491 ISBN 13: 9781585672493

Publisher: Abrams Press, 2011

Synopsis

STICKER RESIDUE ON BACK COVER. PAGES ARE CLEAN WITH NO WRITING OR MARKS.

About this title

About the Author:

William Plummer (1945- 2001) lived in Montclair, New Jersey, and was an editor at People magazine. An avid fly fisher and the author of several books of non-fiction, he wrote for such publications as The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, Esquire, Newsweek, Hudson Review, and Men's Journal.

From AudioFile:

The much vaunted cooperation between Great Britain and the United States during WWII has long been due for reassessment, and this study of the intelligence services of both countries may signal its start. Stafford's close examination suggests as much competition as cooperation, for the ambitions of both leaders--Roosevelt and Churchill--and their national interests, beyond winning the war, were largely incompatible. In a forceful narration Richard McGonagle produces near lifelike imitations of the two men--the urbane, upper-Hudson Roosevelt and the gravelly, sardonic Churchill--that at times brim over with their delight in each other and their work. Underneath, however, boils a tension that always threatens to break out, as the two try to balance the competing demands of their intelligence services against common strategic interests. In a voice familiar to those of us who cut our teeth on TV documentaries like "Victory at Sea," McGonagle recreates those tense moments between Allies whose secret interests were worlds apart, yet who nonetheless assembled the most effective spy network in the history of the world. P.E.F. © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1585672491
• ISBN 13: 9781585672493
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384