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His Final BattleJoseph Lelyveld

His Final Battle

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"Untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt's final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax"--Dust jacket flap. "'By far the most enigmatic leading figure' of World War II. That's how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently left his contemporaries guessing, never more so than at the end of his life. Here, in an insightful account, a prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt's final…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Vintage · 416 pages · 9780345806598
  • Audiobook · English · 2016
    Random House Audio · 9780735286771
  • Other · English · 2016
    Alfred A. Knopf · 399 pages · 9780385350792
  • Other · English · 2016
    727 pages · 9781410495198
Last yearsPolitics and governmentPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyForeign relationsNew York Times reviewedDiplomatic relations