To keep the British Isles afloat

After the fall of France in 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced the critical question of whether Britain could withstand Nazi Germany with American aid. To assess the situation and implement the revolutionary Lend-Lease strategy, Roosevelt dispatched his closest associate, Harry Hopkins, and later financier Averell Harriman to London. This book offers an inside look at their work and adventures, exploring the misunderstood beginnings of the Anglo-American alliance in World War II and providing a fresh perspective on the relationship between Roosevelt and Churchill.