Description
Their unique relationship was based on linked national histories and partially shared nationality โ Churchill was half American โ similarities in class and education, a love for the navy, and a common belief in the superiority of Anglo-Saxon institutions.
It was cemented by shared Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan. On these foundations, Churchill and Roosevelt constructed a fighting alliance unlike any other in history.
But at the heart of this special relationship, hidden by layers of secrecy, was a far-reaching sharing of intelligence that was the most sensitive touchstone of their mutual trust. In Roosevelt and Men of Secrets , David Stafford draws on recently declassified information and his own specialist understanding of intelligence to illuminate the relationship between two men who, as leaders and allies, were towering figures of twentieth-century history.
โProvides a great backdrop into the friendship and covert chess match between FDR and Churchillโ - Goodreads review
โA swift, well-documented assessment of the relationshipโs โvolatile mix of friendship, rivalry and resentmentโโ โ Kirkus Reviews
ISBN:9780349112824
