{"product_id":"mantle-of-command-nigel-hamilton-9780544227842","title":"The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA dramatic, eye-opening account of how FDR took personal charge of the military direction of World War II.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving Roosevelt aides and family members, \u003cem\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/em\u003e offers a radical new perspective on Franklin Delano Roosevelt's masterful--and underappreciated--leadership of the Allied war effort. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the disaster of Pearl Harbor, we see Roosevelt devising a global strategy that will defeat Hitler and the Japanese, rescue Churchill and the British people, and quell a near insurrection of his own American generals and War Department. All the while, Hamilton's account drives toward Operation Torch--the invasion of French Northwest Africa--and the outcome of the war hangs in the balance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mantle of Command\u003c\/em\u003e is an intimate, sweeping look at a great president in history's greatest conflict.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This bold argument . . . will undoubtedly change the way we see Franklin Roosevelt.\"--\u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Masterly.\"--\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609577459905,"sku":"9780544227842","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/5512\/0833\/files\/9780544227842.jpg?v=1789648122","url":"https:\/\/www.porchlightbooks.com\/products\/mantle-of-command-nigel-hamilton-9780544227842","provider":"Porchlight Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}