Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour - Brossura

Olson, Lynne

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ISBN 10: 0812979354 ISBN 13: 9780812979350

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2011

Riassunto

The acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men reveals the behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, the handsome, chain-smoking head of CBS News in Europe; Averell Harriman, the hard-driving millionaire who ran FDR’s Lend-Lease program in London; and John Gilbert Winant, the shy, idealistic U.S. ambassador to Britain. Each man formed close ties with Winston Churchill—so much so that all became romantically involved with members of the prime minister’s family. Drawing from a variety of primary sources, Lynne Olson skillfully depicts the dramatic personal journeys of these men who, determined to save Britain from Hitler, helped convince a cautious Franklin Roosevelt and reluctant American public to back the British at a critical time. Deeply human, brilliantly researched, and beautifully written, Citizens of London is a new triumph from an author swiftly becoming one of the finest in her field.

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Recensione:

"Citizens of London is a great read about the small band of Americans and their courageous role in helping Britain through the darkest days of early World War II. I thought I knew a lot about that dangerous period but Lynne Olson has taught me so much more."--Tom Brokaw
"Brilliantly bursting with beautiful prose, Olson flutters our hearts by capturing the essence of the public and private lives of those who faced death, touched the precipice, hung on by their eyelids, and saved the free world from destruction by the forces of evil." --Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State
"In this engaging and original book, Lynne Olson tells the story of the Americans who did the New World credit by giving their all to help Churchill's Britain hold on against Hitler. Rich in anecdote and analysis, this is a terrific work of history.--Jon Meacham, author of "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House"
"Like any good history book, this is a reminder: a reminder of how some Americans came to London and rallied to Britain's cause in 1940 and 1941--that is before Pearl Harbor, when Hitler's Germany came very close to winning the Second World War. Citizens of London is really two books in one: a detailed record of what an American ambassador (John Gilbert Winant), a Roosevelt appointee (Averell Harriman) and American broadcaster (Edward R. Murrow) did for the British--and, yes, also for the American--cause. At the same time, it is a detailed account of American/British relations through the War, another tale that is not simple." --John Lukacs, author of "Five Days in London: May 1940"
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"This is history at its most personal and compelling, a group portrait of three fascinating individuals--Winant, Harriman, and Murrow--whose lives intersected at a pivotal moment in the 20th century, when the fates of America and Britain were interlocked. The result is what the English call 'a rollicking read.'" --Strobe Talbott, author of "The Great Exper

L'autore:

 
Lynne Olson, a former Moscow correspondent for the Associated Press and White House correspondent for the Baltimore Sun, is the author of Troublesome Young Men and Freedom’s Daughters and co-author, with her husband, Stanley Cloud, of A Question of Honor and The Murrow Boys. She lives in Washington, D.C.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0812979354
• ISBN 13: 9780812979350
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 528