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The Hopkins touch, Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler, David L. Roll

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The Hopkins touch, Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler, David L. Roll
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [415]-480) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsplatesportraitsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Hopkins touch
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
David L. Roll
Sub title
Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler
Summary
Based on newly available sources, The Hopkins Touch is an absorbing, substantial new 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
Table Of Contents
Prologue: Moving Inp. 3 1Ambitious Reformerp. 9 2Asks for Nothing Except to Servep. 29 3He Suddenly Came Out with It-The Whole Programp. 56 4The Right Manp. 78 5First Glimpse of Dawn?p. 99 6Vodka Has Authorityp. 116 7At Last We Have Gotten Togetherp. 137 8We Are All in the Same Boat Nowp. 157 9Some Sort of a Front This Summerp. 180 10The Hopkins Touchp. 200 11Lighting the Torchp. 223 12The View from Marrakechp. 244 13Fault Linesp. 264 14The 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. The Root of the Matter
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler
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