MARC Record from Harvard University

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020 $a9781400064434 (alk. paper)
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100 1 $aPersico, Joseph E.
245 10 $aRoosevelt's centurions :$bFDR and the commanders he led to victory in World War II /$cJoseph E. Persico.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2013.
300 $axviii, 650 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 561-572) and index.
505 0 $aThe day we almost lost the army -- An end of neutrality -- From Barbarossa to the Atlantic Charter -- An undeclared war -- Pearl Harbor -- The President and General MacArthur -- Philippines lost, China on the brink -- Europe a debate, Pacific a victory -- North Africa : FDR versus the generals -- Sea war, air war -- Torch : the political education of Dwight Eisenhower -- The home front -- Unconditional surrender -- From Pacific islands to desert sands -- Italy invaded, Germany blasted -- From Tarawa to Tehran -- D-day -- MacArthur versus King : FDR's decision -- Europe : broad axe versus the spear -- Stilwell leaves China, MacArthur returns to the Philippines -- From the home front to Yalta -- Leveling Japan, invading Okinawa -- To take Berlin? -- Death of the Commander-in-chief -- Anatomy of victory.
600 10 $aRoosevelt, Franklin D.$q(Franklin Delano),$d1882-1945$xMilitary leadership.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAdmirals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xDiplomatic history.
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