{"product_id":"the-mantle-of-command-fdr-at-war-1941-1942-9780544227842","title":"The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military direction of World War II.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving Roosevelt aides and family members, \u003cem\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/em\u003e offers a radical new perspective on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's masterful--and underappreciated--leadership of the Allied war effort. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the disaster of Pearl Harbor, we see Roosevelt devising a global strategy that will defeat Hitler and the Japanese, rescue Churchill and the British people, and quell a near insurrection of his own American generals and War Department. All the while, Hamilton's account drives toward Operation Torch--the invasion of French Northwest Africa--and the outcome of the war hangs in the balance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate, sweeping look at a great president in history's greatest conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This bold argument . . . will undoubtedly change the way we see Franklin Roosevelt.\"--\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterly.\"--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nigel Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e FDR at War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.9lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544227842","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44259391242377,"sku":"9780544227842","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_d3144789-c876-4c02-9fe5-9622e0a776ba.jpg?v=1749542548","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-mantle-of-command-fdr-at-war-1941-1942-9780544227842","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}