02686cam a2200397 i 4500 296065526 TxAuBib 20140523120000.0 131203s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013045586 9780547775241 0547775245 eng rda TxAuBib rda Hamilton, Nigel. The mantle of command [BOOK] : FDR at war, 1941/1942 / Nigel Hamilton. FDR at war, 1941/1942. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2014] xiv, 514 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Placentia Bay. Before the storm -- Pearl Harbor. The U.S. is attacked! ; Hitler's gamble -- Churchill in the White House. The victory plan ; Supreme command ; The President's Map Room -- Trouble with MacArthur. The fighting general -- End of an empire. Singapore ; The mockery of the world ; The battleground for civilization -- India. No hand on the wheel ; Lessons from the Pacific ; Churchill threatens to resign ; The worst case of jitters -- Midway. Doolittle's Raid ; The Battle of Midway -- Tobruk. Churchill's second coming ; The Fall of Tobruk ; No second Dunquerque ; Avoiding utter catastrophe -- Japan first. Citizen warriors ; A staggering crisis ; A rough day -- The mutiny. Stimson's bet ; A definite decision ; A failed mutiny -- Reaction in Moscow. Stalin's prayer -- An industrial miracle. A trip across America ; The President's loyal lieutenant -- The tragedy of Dieppe. A Canadian bloodbath -- The torch is lit. Something in West Africa ; Alamein ; First light ; The greatest sensation ; Armistice Day. An in-depth analysis of FDR's leadership during the Second World War reveals how he assumed control over key decisions to launch a successful trial landing in North Africa to shift the war in favor of Allied forces. 20140523. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945. Commando troops United States Case studies. World War, 1939-1945 United States. World War, 1939-1945 United States Biography. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. Case studies. United States Foreign relations Great Britain. Great Britain Foreign relations United States. Biographies.