{"product_id":"the-mantle-of-command-fdr-at-war-1941-1942-9780544227842","title":"The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLonglisted for the National Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This bold argument . . . will undoubtedly change the way we see Franklin Roosevelt.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Masterly.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military direction of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving Roosevelt aides and family members, \u003ci\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radical new perspective on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's masterful -- and underappreciated -- leadership of the Allied war effort. After the disaster of Pearl Harbor, we see Roosevelt devising a global strategy that will defeat Hitler and the Japanese, rescue Churchill and the British people, and quell a near insurrection of his own American generals and War Department. All the while, Hamilton's account drives toward Operation Torch -- the invasion of French Northwest Africa -- and the outcome of the war hangs in the balance. \u003ci\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, sweeping look at a great President in history's greatest conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544227842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Nigel Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638456184988,"sku":"9780544227842","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f5e637cc-d955-4744-8ea1-c5b6a28312ea.jpg?v=1603847330","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-mantle-of-command-fdr-at-war-1941-1942-9780544227842","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}