One Christmas in Washington : the secret meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill that changed the world By Bercuson, David Jay

Title: One Christmas in Washington : the secret meeting between Roosevelt and Churchill that changed the world
Author: Bercuson, David Jay
Publisher: Overlook Press

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CIP Info One Christmas in Washington is the in-depth look at one of the most crucial periods in modern history: the weeks between December 1941 and January 1942, when Churchill and Roosevelt - seemingly on the run after Dunkirk and Pearl Harbor - met at the White House, forging what turned out to be the Grand Alliance - while in the background, a gloomy and confused America went about with their Christmas celebrations." "Bercuson and Herwig recreate the dramatic days of the Washington War Conference of 1941-1942, code-named ARCADIA, using the diaries, meeting notes, personal letters, and detailed minutes that contain day-by-day, almost hour-by-hour accounts of these historic events. The authors take a look at the high-level meetings that lasted long into the night and at the scenes behind the scenes." "One Christmas in Washington is an authoritative and emotional story of two proud and accomplished statesmen struggling to overcome biases, suspicion, and hubris to create what turned out to be the war-winning alliance. Never had time to finish. Only made it half-way through. I became over run with new youth books. I would like to come back some day to read about the finer points. The book isn’t bad. I have read some nonfiction that is impossible to read. But this read really well.