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War and Peace

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War And Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943–1945 (FDR at War #3) By Nigel Hamilton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780544876804
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Published: Mariner Books - May 7th, 2019

 

The final title of Hamilton’s 3-volume biography of FDR as commander-in-chief is a triumph. Compulsively readable yet with a masterful command of his source material, Hamilton gives us a fresh and detailed view of the last two dramatic years of FDR’s life from the wartime summit in Tehran, through the landings at D-Day, his election to a fourth term and the dying president’s  final Big Three conference at Yalta.

 

Dale


Last Hope Island

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Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War By Lynne Olson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812987164
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 6th, 2018

 

From the queen of The Netherlands to the Earl of Suffolk, Paratroopers to civilians turned underground rebels, traitors to double agents, the victories and defeats, triumphs and tragedies of the resistance during WW2.

 

John


Alone

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Alone: Britain, Churchill, and Dunkirk: Defeat Into Victory By Michael Korda Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781631491320
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Published: Liveright - September 19th, 2017

If you’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s film, Dunkirk, and want to learn more, try Alone. Korda’s book is a compelling and detailed examination of the events leading up to the beginning of World War II through the evacuation of Allied troops at Dunkirk interspersed with Korda’s own memoir of his illustrious, movie-making, emigre family.

Dale


My Grandfather's Gallery - A Family Memoir of Art and War

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My Grandfather's Gallery: A Family Memoir of Art and War By Anne Sinclair, Shaun Whiteside (Translated by) Cover Image
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Published: Picador - October 6th, 2015

Author and French television host Anne Sinclair tells the story of her grandfather, Paul Rosenberg, the celebrated French art dealer, who fled the Nazis during World War II. Part of the legendary Paris art scene, Rosenberg knew intimately Picasso, Matisse, Braque and others and his story paints a fascinating tale of war, betrayal, and ultimately, triumph.

Nathan


Commander in Chief

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Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943 (FDR at War #2) By Nigel Hamilton Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780544279117
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - June 7th, 2016

Commander in Chief is the second volume of Nigel Hamilton’s masterful reexamination of FDR’s crucial role in the planning and execution of the Allied war strategy during World War II. This volume centers on the decision making process after the North African invasion beginning  with Roosevelt’s summit with Churchill in Casablanca in 1943 and how it took all of Roosevelt’s diplomatic skill and resolve to set the course for ultimate victory.

Dale

 


1941: Fighting the Shadow War

It's always fascinating to see an in-depth and somewhat alternative view of a history we think we know about. 1941 saw a sharply divided American public arguing about whether to get into the war or not, with Teddy Roosevelt Jr. and the rabidly anti-Semitic Charles Lindbergh leading the isolationist camp and Roosevelt trying to help Churchill and Europe while not breaking promises he had been forced to make in the 1940 presidential campaign. Deeply researched and engagingly written.  Wortman will be at PSB on May 10.

1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War By Marc Wortman Cover Image
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Published: Atlantic Monthly Press - April 19th, 2016

The Boys Who Challenged Hitler

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The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club By Phillip Hoose Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374300227
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - May 12th, 2015

Phillip Hoose tells the amazing story of a group of Danish boys who disagree with their government’s decision to let Nazi Germany take over their country without a fight. Danish resistance began with boys on bicycles committing annoying acts of sabotage. Kid Power!!

Carol

 


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