03521cam a2200361 i 4500 1469317295 TxAuBib 20240820120000.0 240626s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2024014513 9781324093428 HRD 32.00 1324093420 HRD 32.00 TxAuBib rda Schmuhl, Robert, author. Mr. Churchill in the White House [BOOK] : the untold story of a prime minister and two presidents / Robert Schmuhl. Mister Churchill in the White House. First edition. New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2024] xx, 350 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-333) and index. "Well into the twenty-first century, Winston Churchill continues to be the subject of scores of books. Biographers portray him as a soldier, statesman, writer, painter, and even a daredevil, but Robert Schmuhl may be the first to depict him as a demanding, indeed exhausting White House guest. For the British prime minister, America’s most famous residence was 'the summit of the United States,' and staying weeks on end with the president as host enhanced his global influence and prestige, yet what makes Churchill’s sojourns so remarkable are their duration at critical moments in twentieth-century history. From his first visit in 1941 to his last one eighteen years later, Churchill made himself at home in the White House, seeking to disprove Benjamin Franklin’s adage that guests, like fish, smell after three days. When obliged to be attired, Churchill shuffled about in velvet slippers and a tailored-for-air-raids 'siren suit,' resembling a romper. In retrospect, these extended stays at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue take on a new level of diplomatic and military significance. Just imagine, for example, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky spending weeks at America’s most powerful address, discussing war strategy and access to weaponry, as Churchill did during the 1940s. Drawing on years of research, Schmuhl not only contextualizes the unprecedented time Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt spent together between 1941 and 1945, but he also depicts the individual figures involved: from Churchill himself to 'General Ike,' as he affectionately called Dwight D. Eisenhower, to Harry Truman, and not to mention the formidable Eleanor Roosevelt, who resented Churchill’s presence in the White House and wanted him to occupy the nearby Blair House instead (which, predictably, he did not do). Mr. Churchill in the White House presents a new perspective on the politician, war leader, and author through his intimate involvement with one Democratic and one Republican president during his two terms as prime minister.". 20240820. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965. Roosevelt, Franklin D Franklin Delano 1882-1945. Eisenhower, Dwight D Dwight David 1890-1969. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World politics 1945-1989. Great Britain Foreign relations United States. United States Foreign relations Great Britain.