{"product_id":"rendezvous-with-destiny-how-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-five-extraordinary-men-took-america-into-the-war-and-into-the-world-9780143125624","title":"Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, \u003ci\u003eRendezvous with Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eis narrative history at its most delightful, stirring, and important.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143125624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.47w x 0.83d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/17\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Fullilove","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44337850056885,"sku":"9780143125624","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_224b03c8-7bbd-42ed-b9f9-d75e0357a5db.jpg?v=1719329461","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/rendezvous-with-destiny-how-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-five-extraordinary-men-took-america-into-the-war-and-into-the-world-9780143125624","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}