Roll, David L., 1940-

The Hopkins touch : Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler / David L. Roll. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013. - 510 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-480) and index.

Ambitious reformer -- Asks for nothing except to serve -- He suddenly came out with it: the whole program -- The right man -- First glimpse of dawn? -- Vodka has authority -- At last we have gotten together -- We are all in the same boat now -- Some sort of a front this summer -- The Hopkins touch -- Lighting the torch -- The view from Marrakech -- Fault lines -- The alliance shifts -- Tilting toward the Russians -- A soldier's debt -- The best they could do -- A leave of absence from death -- The root of the matter.

0199891958 : HRD $34.95 9780199891955 (alk. paper)

Oxford Univ Pr, 2001 Evans rd, Cary, NC, USA, 27513 SAN 202-5892

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Hopkins, Harry L. 1890-1946.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 --Friends and associates.


World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Statesmen--United States--Biography.


United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

D753 / .R64 2013

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