From Library Journal

Sherwood snagged the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for this portrait of FDR and Harry Hopkins, the man who helped in negotiations with Churchill, Stalin, and other wartime big shots. This revised edition incorporates new notes by Sherwood as well as a new introduction by Irwin Gellman.

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Product Description

This book has the inside story of the final triumph and how FDR organized and used the men and tools at his disposal to bring about defeat of the Axis and to end fascism to the world.

From the Publisher

Robert E. Sherwood (1896-1955) was born in New Rochelle, NY. During World War II, he was the chief of the overseas branch of the Office of War Information (1942-44). In 1939 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his play, `Abe Lincoln in Illinois`; `The Petrified Forest` is among his other well-known dramas. In 1949 he received the Pulitzer Prize for biography for `Roosevelt and Hopkins.`