Franklin and Winston
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leaders
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted…
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The Second War united Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in a close and historic relationship. The two Allied leaders spent over a hundred days together in the White House and at conferences held in several other countries, including Morocco, Iran, Canada, Egypt, and the Soviet Union.
Despite the impression that they were boon companions, what they really thought of each other is shrouded in mystery. The pair, however, jointly helped save Western democracy, as Meacham explains, with authority and grace.
From Robert's list on Winston Churchill’s life and affection for the US.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, cast together by the rising tide of fascism, became allies to fight their common enemy.
Their politics, however, in some ways stood in sharp contrast. FDR was a liberal Democrat who believed in using the levers of government to help those thrown out of work by the Great Depression. Churchill was a Conservative who had fought many a battle against Britain’s liberals.
Yet the two men broke the rules of rigid adherence to any party.
As Jon Meacham puts it in his masterful Franklin and Winston, “Churchill changed parties…
From Peter's list on American leaders who broke the rules during WWII.
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