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Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World

Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael FulliloveAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2014-06-24Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143125624ISBN-10:143125621UPC:9780143125624Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United States, International RelationsBook Topic:World War II, 20th Century, DiplomacySize:8.33 x 5.47 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCXJQ5JTPK
"A fascinating and well-written account of a little-known chapter that was crucial to the course of World War II and to America's global leadership." --Henry A. Kissinger

In the dark days between Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable men--Sumner Welles, William "Wild Bill" Donovan, Harry Hopkins, Averell Harriman, and Wendell Willkie--on dramatic and dangerous missions to Europe. The five envoys' highly unorthodox missions took them into the middle of the war and exposed them to the leading figures of the age. Taken together, they plot the arc of America's transformation from a divided and hesitant middle power into a global leader. Drawing on vast archival research, Rendezvous with Destiny is narrative history at its most delightful, stirring, and important.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143125624ISBN-10:143125621UPC:9780143125624Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, United States, International RelationsBook Topic:World War II, 20th Century, DiplomacySize:8.33 x 5.47 x 0.83 inchesWeight:0.8708Product ID:SCXJQ5JTPK
Michael Fulliloveis the executive director of the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He lives in Sydney, Australia."
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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