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bucolic_frolic

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4. I've read Hamilton's trilogy, and posted rec a couple times over these years.
Sun Apr 27, 2025, 05:37 PM
Apr 27

James McGregor Burns tackled FDR at war about 1971. “Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945"

I've also read:
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life - Robert Dallek, 2017
FDR at War Trilogy - Nigel Hamilton, 2014, 2016, 2019
        The Mantle of Command: FDR at War, 1941-1942
        Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943
        War and Peace: FDR's Final Odyssey, D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945
FDR - Jean Edward Smith, 2007
Eisenhower in War and Peace - Jean Edward Smith, 2012

All highly recommended. Dallek's is pure politics and fantastic, but I can't say any of them are anything less. Smith's is the easiest read, he is known for obscure and interesting material. There have of course been many others including Republican attempts to discredit.

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