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Franklin and Winston

Pages
512
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

This book offers a complete portrait of the complex emotional connection between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, two towering leaders of the Greatest Generation. It explores their crucial and unique friendship, detailing their numerous meetings and nearly two thousand messages exchanged during World War II. Amidst cocktails, cigarettes, and cigars, they discussed war, politics, the burdens of command, and their personal lives, revealing a bond that was a kind of love story, with Churchill often seeking Roosevelt's affection.