Описание: From the acclaimed author of Troublesome Young Men comes a major new World War II history that describes the developments of America's crucial wartime alliance with England that became so decisive in defeating Hitler.
Описание: "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "AND "KIRKUS REVIEWS" From the acclaimed author of "Citizens of London" comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world. At the center of this controversy stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America s isolationists emerged as the president s most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the country at large, and Lynne Olson makes masterly use of their dramatic personal stories to create a poignant and riveting narrative. While FDR, buffeted by political pressures on all sides, struggled to marshal public support for aid to Winston Churchill s Britain, Lindbergh saw his heroic reputation besmirched and his marriage thrown into turmoil by allegations that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Spanning the years 1939 to 1941, "Those Angry Days" vividly re-creates the rancorous internal squabbles that gripped the United States in the period leading up to Pearl Harbor. After Germany vanquished most of Europe, America found itself torn between its traditional isolationism and the urgent need to come to the aid of Britain, the only country still battling Hitler. The conflict over intervention was, as FDR noted, a dirty fight, rife with chicanery and intrigue, and "Those Angry Days" recounts every bruising detail. In Washington, a group of high-ranking military officers, including the Air Force chief of staff, worked to sabotage FDR s pro-British policies. Roosevelt, meanwhile, authorized FBI wiretaps of Lindbergh and other opponents of intervention. At the same time, a covert British operation, approved by the president, spied on antiwar groups, dug up dirt on congressional isolationists, and planted propaganda in U.S. newspapers. The stakes could not have been higher. The combatants were larger than life. With the immediacy of a great novel, " Those Angry Days" brilliantly recalls a time fraught with danger when the future of democracy and America s role in the world hung in the balance. Praise for "Those Angry Days" "" Powerfully re-creates] this tenebrous era . . . Olson captures in spellbinding detail the key figures in the battle between the Roosevelt administration and the isolationist movement. "The New York Times Book Review" "" Popular history at its most riveting . . . In "Those Angry Days, " journalist-turned-historian Lynne Olson captures the] period in a fast-moving, highly readable narrative punctuated by high drama. Associated Press Filled with fascinating anecdotes and surprising twists . . . With this stirring book, Lynne Olson confirms her status as our era s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy. Madeleine K. Albright An] absorbing chronicle . . . Olson] doesn t so much revisit a historical period as inhabit it; her scenes flicker as urgently as a newsreel. "The Christian Science Monitor" "" Masterfully describes America s conflicting opinions before Pearl Harbor . . . a comprehensive take on another era of angry divisions. "Richmond Times-Dispatch"
Описание: "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY "THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW "AND "KIRKUS REVIEWS" From the acclaimed author of "Citizens of London" comes the definitive account of the debate over American intervention in World War II a bitter, sometimes violent clash of personalities and ideas that divided the nation and ultimately determined the fate of the free world. At the center of this controversy stood the two most famous men in America: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who championed the interventionist cause, and aviator Charles Lindbergh, who as unofficial leader and spokesman for America s isolationists emerged as the president s most formidable adversary. Their contest of wills personified the divisions within the country at large, and Lynne Olson makes masterly use of their dramatic personal stories to create a poignant and riveting narrative. While FDR, buffeted by political pressures on all sides, struggled to marshal public support for aid to Winston Churchill s Britain, Lindbergh saw his heroic reputation besmirched and his marriage thrown into turmoil by allegations that he was a Nazi sympathizer. Spanning the years 1939 to 1941, "Those Angry Days" vividly re-creates the rancorous internal squabbles that gripped the United States in the period leading up to Pearl Harbor. After Germany vanquished most of Europe, America found itself torn between its traditional isolationism and the urgent need to come to the aid of Britain, the only country still battling Hitler. The conflict over intervention was, as FDR noted, a dirty fight, rife with chicanery and intrigue, and "Those Angry Days" recounts every bruising detail. In Washington, a group of high-ranking military officers, including the Air Force chief of staff, worked to sabotage FDR s pro-British policies. Roosevelt, meanwhile, authorized FBI wiretaps of Lindbergh and other opponents of intervention. At the same time, a covert British operation, approved by the president, spied on antiwar groups, dug up dirt on congressional isolationists, and planted propaganda in U.S. newspapers. The stakes could not have been higher. The combatants were larger than life. With the immediacy of a great novel, " Those Angry Days" brilliantly recalls a time fraught with danger when the future of democracy and America s role in the world hung in the balance. Praise for "Those Angry Days" "" Powerfully re-creates] this tenebrous era . . . Olson captures in spellbinding detail the key figures in the battle between the Roosevelt administration and the isolationist movement. "The New York Times Book Review" "" Popular history at its most riveting . . . In "Those Angry Days, " journalist-turned-historian Lynne Olson captures the] period in a fast-moving, highly readable narrative punctuated by high drama. Associated Press Filled with fascinating anecdotes and surprising twists . . . With this stirring book, Lynne Olson confirms her status as our era s foremost chronicler of World War II politics and diplomacy. Madeleine K. Albright An] absorbing chronicle . . . Olson] doesn t so much revisit a historical period as inhabit it; her scenes flicker as urgently as a newsreel. "The Christian Science Monitor" "" Masterfully describes America s conflicting opinions before Pearl Harbor . . . a comprehensive take on another era of angry divisions. "Richmond Times-Dispatch""
Описание: A riveting history of the daring politicians who challenged the disastrous policies of the British government on the eve of World War II On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain--indeed, perhaps, the world. "Troublesome Young Men "is Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain government's defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants and eventually forced the prime minister's resignation. Some historians dismiss the "phony war" that preceded this turning point--from September 1939, when Britain and France declared war on Germany, to May 1940, when Winston Churchill became prime minister--as a time of waiting and inaction, but Olson makes no such mistake, and describes in dramatic detail the public unrest that spread through Britain then, as people realized how poorly prepared the nation was to confront Hitler, how their basic civil liberties were being jeopardized, and also that there "were "intrepid politicians willing to risk political suicide to spearhead the opposition to Chamberlain--Harold Macmillan, Robert Boothby, Leo Amery, Ronald Cartland, and Lord Robert Cranborne among them. The political and personal dramas that played out in Parliament and in the nation as Britain faced the threat of fascism virtually on its own are extraordinary--and, in Olson's hands, downright inspiring.
Описание: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in its Darkest, Finest Hour.
Автор: Olson, Lynne Cloud, Stanley Название: For your freedom and ours ISBN: 0099428121 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099428121 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1550 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Members of the Polish air force fought through the defeat of their own country in 1939 and then alongside the French until the fall of France the following year, when they made their varied ways to Britain. There, the Poles were among the Air Force`s most successful aces. This book tells the story of the Polish pilots.
Автор: Olson, Lynne Название: A Question of Honor ISBN: 037572625X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375726255 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1846 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war. After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF's 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were "adopted" by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war's end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II-and Polish-history.
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