Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of World War II turned based on the relationships and temperaments of Four of the strongest personalities of the 20th century.
Andrew Roberts, Britain\'s finest contemporary military historian ( The Economist ), traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often-explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations, and he helps us to appreciate the motives and imperatives of these key leaders as they worked tirelessly in the monumental struggle to destroy Nazism..
Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong-minded, and each was certain that only he knew best how to win the war.
Marshall.
Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. --Max Hastings, The New York Review of Books An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of Four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political Masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D.
Roberts\'s portrait of the relationship between the Four men who made Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis. . . .
Masterly.
Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of World War II turned based on the relationships and temperaments of Four of the strongest personalities of the 20th century
