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Names: O’Brien, Phillips Payson, 1963– author.
Title: The second most powerful man in the world : the life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt’s chief of staff / Phillips Payson O’Brien.
Description: New York, New York : Dutton, [2019] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018016899| ISBN 9780399584800 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399584817 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Leahy, William D. | United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff—Biography. | Admirals—United States—Biography. | LCGFT: Biographies.
Classification: LCC E748.L44 O37 2019 | DDC 359.0092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018016899
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