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Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History Hardcover – January 1, 1948

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relationship of PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND AID HOPKINS

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979 pages
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English
Publisher

Harper & Brothers
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January 1, 1948
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0060138459
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978-0060138455
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper & Brothers; Early Printing edition (January 1, 1948)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 979 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060138459
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060138455
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.35 pounds

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Edward Faisans

A first edition in great condition, as described, excellent price, prompt delivery.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 18, 2022

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Alain Nantel

Un des meilleurs livres sur la politique étrangère américaine

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 29, 2009

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Selon la revue Foreign Affairs, « Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate story » est un des meilleurs livres sur la diplomatie américaine, publié il y a plus de 50 ans. En effet, ce livre est un incontournable pour tous ceux qui sont intéressés à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale et aux trois grands, Roosevelt, Churchill et Staline. Et c'est dans l'ombre du Président Roosevelt que se distingue un personnage d`exception : Harry Hopkins. Ami intime et confident de Roosevelt, cet homme, après avoir été un des grands architectes du New Deal, a réussi discrètement pendant toute la guerre à établir et à maintenir l'alliance entre les trois grands alliés, un véritable tour de force. Hopkins connaissait, comprenait et aimait Roosevelt et lui était entièrement dévoué. Il résidait à la Maison - Blanche et faisait partie de la famille. Homme d'action, il savait actualiser les pensées du Président rapidement. Premier émissaire américain auprès de Churchill et de Staline, Hopkins gagna et conserva leur confiance par sa sincérité et l'énoncé direct de sa pensée; Churchill le surnomma amicalement « Lord Root of the matter ».

L'auteur de ce livre, Robert E. Sherwood, écrivain reconnu pour ses pièces de théâtre et ses scénarios de film (trois prix Pulitzer et un Oscar) se joignit dès le début de la guerre à l'équipe de rédaction des discours de Roosevelt sous la direction de son ami Hopkins. Il nous permet d'entrer dans la Maison Blanche et de vivre des moments impérissables par son style vivant et imagé. Sherwood a eu l'avantage d'être le premier à avoir accès aux archives de Hopkins immédiatement après sa mort en 1946 et de pouvoir interviewer à chaud les principaux acteurs. Paru en 1948, son livre donnait une première appréciation de l'activité intense qui régnait autour de ceux qui décidaient de la vie de millions de personnes. Écrit à la première personne, ce livre tient à la fois de la narration, de la biographie, de l'histoire et de la collection de documents, car on y trouve verbatim de larges extraits des comptes rendus de Hopkins au sujet des grandes conférences (Placentia Bay, Casablanca, Québec,Téhéran, Yalta), de ses rencontres avec les autorités civiles et militaires éminentes, des extraits de sa correspondence ou des discours du Président. Le compte rendu de sa dernière rencontre avec Staline et Molotov à la demande exprès de Truman suite à l'échec de la conférence de San Francisco (1945) demeure mémorable. Le tout se lit avec énormément de plaisir et nous permet d'entrer dans l'intimité de tout ce monde et de mieux comprendre l' esprit, le courage et l'ardeur qui les animaient tous. Ce livre est un classique et il a valu à Sherwood un autre prix Pulitzer.

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Denny Hatch

The Most Important Book of the 20th Century

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 9, 2014

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This is the gripping account of two terribly ill men who ran the United States from 1932 to April 1945. This was the period of the Great Depression and World II—the most tumultuous 14 years of the 20th century.
A quick backgrounder on their illnesses.
Roosevelt was felled by polio at the age of 39 in 1921. His legs became shriveled and he was never able to walk again. He used a wheelchair and was physically carted around by his valet, Arthur Prettyman. The arrangement with the press: no photographs in the wheelchair or in the arms of Prettyman. A heavy smoker, Roosevelt also suffered from heart trouble and myriad bouts of sinus troubles, flu and colds.
In 1937, Hopkins, 47, lost his stomach to cancer and was never again able to digest food normally. He was periodically incapacitated for weeks and frequently hospitalized. A divorced bachelor for most of those years, Hopkins lived down the hall from Roosevelt in the White House as a member of the family. He had no title, authorized billions of dollars to be spent in relief during the Depression. Sherwood wrote: “When Roosevelt told Hopkins to invent jobs for four million men and women in 30 days, he expected him to do it in his own way and without continually coming back to the White House for advice on details.”
During World War II, a British diplomat once said, “We came to think of Hopkins as Roosevelt’s own, personal Foreign Office.” He was also Roosevelt’s production czar, military strategist and gatekeeper. “He kept problem-laden officials away from Roosevelt; one of his most frequent statements was, “The President isn’t going to be bothered with anything as nonsensical and unimportant as that if I can help it!”
Sherwood created a riveting narrative of Hopkins’ peripatetic international travels and close personal and professional one-on-one relationships with the four men who saved Western Civilization—and who revered him—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and Gen. George Marshall.
Sherwood’s masterpiece is especially relevant now in this epoch of a president dealing with a Great Recession, unwinnable land wars in Asia and the virulent hostility of Congress.
NOTE: I ordered this on Kindle. It was scanned by not edited. It is filled with typos and occasional gibberish. Do not be deterred. Soldier on. Next to Roosevelt and Hopkins, Obama and Jarrett are a joke.

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You'll learn a lot

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 25, 2021

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This is an excellent and well wrtten bio of Hopkins, an important but often overlooked historical figure. The treatment if his involvement in WWII is especially informative and often fascinating. While I'm conservative and not too fond of some New Deal policies, I'm very glad that I took the chance to buy and read this book.

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If you want to study little known details of history, this is your book

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 30, 2020

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This is a long book, over 900 pages. It was a gift for my husband, who is fascinated with WWII era in particular, and he kept running into Harry Hopkins' name, and asked himself "Who IS this guy?"

Harry Hopkins was sort of a nobody, pretty much on purpose. He did not seek the spotlight, nor did he seek political office. But you need to know who he was, because he, along with Roosevelt and others are responsible in large part for many of the better aspects of the great country we have today.

Were I a high school history teacher, this book would be a requirement!

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Original materials

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 11, 2021

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For the amateur historian, Sherwood's book contains many first hand accounts, contemporaneous memoranda and notes that provide valuable background and context for familiar world events as they are generally described in history books. Sherwood's perspective may be incorrect in some areas, but overall the book is a very enjoyable, valuable read.

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Best history ever read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 24, 2021

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Real life luxury to read a biography of two larger than life figures, Roosevelt and Hopkins. Sherwood’s words flawless and storying magical.

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I was so pleased to be able to get the book in the ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 23, 2014

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I started reading this book in the States when staying with my cousin. Fascinating insight into US thoughts on supporting Britain during WWII. I was so pleased to be able to get the book in the UK so I could finish reading it. Book was in very good condition.

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