Index

Abyssinia attack, by Italy (1935), 153–154

Advisory Committee on Uranium, 171

African Americans, 294

El Alamein, Egypt, 170

Alanbrooke, Lord, 171

Alexander, Harold, 60, 203

Alexandria, Egypt, 45, 167, 169, 170, 173

Alice, Princess, 219, 221

Allcorn, Frank, 262, 269, 279

Allied Control Commission, 4, 88, 93, 95

Allies, 1–2

divisions among, 3–4, 12–13, 50

German Operation Wool against, 252

invasion of Berlin by, 82, 247–248, 259

See also specific topics

American Jewish Committee, 214, 216

American public

death of FDR and, 287–288, 290–291

FDR and, 101–102, 182–184, 186, 187, 190, 223, 293–294

health of FDR and, 6–7

selling Yalta conference to, 182–185

Soviet Union and, 223

United Nations and, 4, 14, 101–102, 183, 190, 223

Yalta address and, 190

Anderson, Howard, 280

Anglo-American Alliance, 49

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, 162

Anglo-Americans

Bern incident and, 203–204, 229, 248–253, 264, 265, 272

differences with Stalin, 203, 264

Anglo-Soviet Treaty of Alliance, 76

Anthony, George, 231

Arabs. See Egyptian trip; Palestinian problem

Ardennes battle, 1–2, 10, 12, 56, 82

Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 102

Asia

FDR and purpose of war in, 59–60

Soviet-American cooperation and postwar, 119, 120

See also specific Asian countries

Athlone, Earl of, 219, 221

Atlantic Charter, 2–4, 14, 15, 55, 96

Yalta conference and, 136, 137, 179, 183, 190, 298

atomic bomb, development

Britain and, 171–174, 206

Churchill, Winston, and, 171–173, 205–206

Einstein and, 171, 208

Germany and, 171

Hyde Park Memorandum, 206, 208

Manhattan Project, 172, 205–208

Maud Report, 171–172

US and, 117, 171–173, 205–208

atomic bomb, international control of

Bohr and, 205–206

Churchill, Winston, and, 205–206

UN Charter, 207

US and, 205–207

atomic bomb, usage

on Japan, 206, 208

resistance to, 205, 207–208

US and, 207–208

atomic energy research, 174

Azores, 39

Bachelder, Toinette “Toi,” 270, 274

Ball, Joseph A., 2

Barkley, Alben, 185–186

Baruch, Bernard, 225, 228

Beary, Jim, 274, 275

Benes, Eduard, 97, 98, 127, 134

Berlin, invasion of, 82–83, 247–248, 259

Bern incident, 203–204, 228, 229, 248–253, 264, 265, 272

Bethesda Naval Hospital, 218

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 294

Big Three, 4, 41–42

peace after victory for, 213

Big Three conferences

Chandor sketch of Big Three at Yalta, 214, 215

Livadia Palace photo session, 129

See also Tehran conference; Yalta conference

bill of human rights, international, 214, 216

Bingham and Garfield Railroad, 35

Blaustein, Jacob, 214, 216

Bliss Lane, Arthur, 97, 120

Boettiger, John, 8, 182, 192, 218, 255

Bohlen, Charles, 77, 92, 106, 115, 132, 173, 176, 197, 198

Bohr, Niels, 205–206

Bonner, Daisy, 240

Brady, Dorothy, 19, 233, 266, 270

Brazil, monazite deposits, 173

Britain

aid to Soviet Union from, 75–76

atomic bomb development and, 171–174, 206

competition over Europe with Soviet Union, 57

death of FDR and, 291

France and, 79

Greece and, 3, 9, 52, 196

Italy and, 3, 49, 51

Malta and, 44–48, 50, 55, 56, 58, 60

Middle East oil and, 149

Palestinian problem and, 145–150

Parliament and Poland, 184

Poland and, 105, 115, 122–123, 128, 130, 132, 184, 196, 263–264

problems between US and, 48–50, 171–173

Saudi Arabia and, 158–159

state trip to, 224

United Nations and, 52–54

victory over Germans in Egypt, 170–171

White Paper of 1939, 146, 147, 148, 150

See also Anglo-Americans; Churchill, Winston; specific topics

British Chiefs of Staff, 49, 247–248

single-thrust strategy of, 56–57

See also Combined Chiefs of Staff

British delegation, to Yalta conference, 16, 38–39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 61

Vorontzov Palace housing of, 68–69

See also Yalta conference

British imperialism

Churchill, Winston, and, 171

Soviet-American cooperation and, 119

US and, 51, 59

Brown, Betty, 269

Brown, Wilson, 32, 37, 40–42, 153, 178

Bruenn, Howard, 5, 6, 192, 225

at Warm Springs, 242–243, 254, 259, 268, 274–278, 280, 281, 286

Yalta trip and, 32, 62, 70, 74, 84, 87, 112–113, 125, 177

Bulloch, Martha Stewart, 239

Bush, Vannevar, 171, 207

Byrnes, James, 22, 35, 84–85, 103, 115, 182–183, 192, 227, 235

Cadogan, Alexander, 63, 101, 110

Canada, 199–200, 262

Carver Cottage, 273, 275

Casablanca conference, 46, 48, 79

Catholic Church, 36, 37, 118, 119

Catoctin, USS, 66, 67, 142, 167

Chamberlain, Neville, 145

Chandor, Douglas, 213–214, 215

Cherwell, Lord, 172–174

China, 55, 138, 228

Combined Chiefs of Staff and strategy for, 58–59

FDR and, 58–59, 118–120

war against Japan and, 57, 119, 120

Churchill, Sarah, 34, 55, 66, 70, 169–170, 173, 174

Churchill, Winston, 9, 34, 158

Athens speech, 170

atomic bomb and, 171–173, 205–206

atomic research and, 174

Bern incident and, 204, 251–252, 264, 265, 272

British imperialism and, 171

confrontational approach to Soviet Union of, 204

Crimea journey to Yalta conference, 62, 63, 66

death of FDR and, 291–293

early tripartite conversations and, 76

Eastern Europe and, 196, 197

Egyptian meeting with FDR, 169–171, 173–174

European Theater and, 49

health of FDR and, 225, 237

Ibn Saud and, 164–165

invasion of Berlin and, 247–248, 259

Malta and, 45, 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 58, 60

Netherlands and, 265

Palestinian problem and, 147, 164–165

percentages agreement with Stalin, 51–52, 135

personal friendship with FDR, 225–226

Poland and, 98, 100, 104–107, 110–111, 122–123, 127–132, 135, 184, 196, 197, 236–237, 263–264

Tehran conference and, 15, 48, 50

territorial issues and, 196

United Nations and, 101, 103, 109–110, 114, 122

in Vorontzov Palace, 68–69

Yalta accords and, 196, 236

Yalta conference and, 16, 38–39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 70–71, 81, 83, 85, 86, 91–95, 97, 101, 103–107, 109–111, 114, 122–124, 127–132, 134–139, 169–170, 179, 184

See also Big Three; Britain

Clay, Lucius, 235

coal miners strike, 199, 223, 235

Cohen, Benjamin, 293, 296

colonialism, 59, 120, 137

Combined Chiefs of Staff

China and Far East strategy of, 58–59

European strategy of, 56–58

invasion of Berlin and, 247–248

Malta meeting of, 50, 56–60

Yalta conference and, 82, 111, 129

Commodity Credit Corporation bill, 271–272

communism, 76, 98, 134

See also socialism

Conant, James, 207

Congress

FDR losing control of, 259

manpower bill and, 13, 197, 235, 259

Netherlands crisis and, 212

selling Yalta conference to, 182–186

UN Charter and, 185

United Nations and, 183, 185

World War II and, 12–13, 15–16, 31

Yalta address to, 163, 182, 186–192

conservation, 19, 21, 109, 297

Crimea, German conquering of, 77, 141

Crimea conference. See Yalta conference

Crimea journey, to Yalta conference

Churchill, Winston, on, 62, 63, 66

overview, 61–66

Roosevelt, Anna, with FDR on, 62–64, 66

Curzon Line, 89, 99, 100, 104, 105, 110, 115, 131

Czechoslovak-Russian Treaty of Friendship, 98

Daisy. See Suckley, Margaret “Daisy”

Daniels, Jonathan, 192, 227–228, 236, 237

Davis, Ralph, 285

de Gaulle, Charles, 12, 41, 59, 79

death, of FDR, 179, 299–300

American public and, 287–288, 290–291

Britain and, 291

burial site at Hyde Park, 289–290

Churchill, Winston, and, 291–293

Early and, 278–279, 283–286

funeral, 289–290

at opportune moment, 292–293

press and, 280–281, 292

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and, 283–287

Roosevelt, James, and, 284–285, 287

Rutherfurd and, 285, 287

San Francisco conference and, 292–293

Soviet Union and, 291

Stalin and, 291, 292

Suckley and, 279, 286, 287

Truman and, 283–286

Tully and, 279, 286–287

at Warm Springs, 278–288

world reaction to, 290–291

Declaration of Liberated Europe, 75, 136, 183, 196

Declaration of United Nations, 12,121, 122

Delano, Amasa, 261

Delano, Laura “Polly”

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and, 255, 276, 287

Suckley and, 195, 245, 246, 254, 255, 258, 261, 262, 266, 268, 271, 274, 276, 279, 286

at Warm Springs, 240, 254, 255, 258, 262, 268, 271, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 286–287

Democratic Convention

1924, 186

1928, 186–187

1944, 21–22

Department of Commerce, US, 16, 21, 28, 39–40, 197

Dewey, Thomas E., 7

Dowdell’s Knob, 262

Dresden, bombing of, 111–112

Drury, Allen, 220–221

Dulles, Allen, 203, 252

Dumbarton Oaks conference, 53, 54, 108

Dunn, James, 207, 235

Early, Stephen, 42, 176, 198, 227, 235, 276

death of FDR and, 278–279, 283–286

Eastern Europe

Churchill, Winston, and, 196, 197

FDR and, 14, 15, 98, 133, 135, 137, 204, 223

Soviet Union and, 15–16, 76, 77, 98, 133, 135, 196, 197, 204

as “sphere of influence” of Soviets, 135, 197

Yalta conference and, 88, 135, 137

Economic Bill of Rights speech (1944), 13, 294

Eddy, William, 155, 161, 162

Eden, Anthony, 50, 295–296

Yalta trip and, 54–55, 59, 60, 76, 92, 99, 103, 106, 107, 110, 121, 128, 131, 132

Egypt

El Alamein, 170

Alexandria, 167, 169, 170, 173

British victory over Germans in, 170–171

Tobruk, 170–171

US delegation to Yalta conference in, 143

Egyptian trip

Churchill, Winston, meeting with FDR, 169–171, 173–174

Farouk visit, 153

Hopkins, Harry, on, 174–176

Ibn Saud meeting, 155–165

motivations for, 143

Palestinian problem and, 143, 151, 152, 159–166

Roosevelt, Anna, on, 156, 167, 169, 173, 175, 176

Selassie visit, 153, 154

Stettinius and, 151, 173

Einstein, Albert, 171, 208

Eisenhower, Dwight David, 56, 58, 247, 248

Esperancilla, Joe, 273, 274

Ethiopia, 153, 154

Eureka II, 88

Europe

British and Soviet competition over, 57

Combined Chiefs of Staff and strategy for, 56–58

Declaration of Liberated Europe, 75, 136, 183, 196

victory anticipated, 227, 258, 262

See also Eastern Europe; specific topics

European Theater, 49

Far East

Combined Chiefs of Staff and strategy for, 58–59

imperialism in, 120

and US-Soviet agreement, 116–120

Farouk, King, 153

Fayerweather, Margaret, 233, 234

FDR. See Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Feis, Herbert, 150

fireside chats, wartime, 72

Flynn, Edward J., 35–37, 52, 118, 296

Foreign Ministers, Yalta conference and, 80, 92, 93, 121,127, 128

Forrestal, James, 199

Four Freedoms, 74, 137, 183, 220, 298

Fox, George, 10, 87, 275

France

Allied Control Commission and, 88, 93, 95

Britain and, 79

in postwar Germany plans, 88, 90, 93, 95

US and, 79

Yalta conference discussions about, 88, 90, 93, 95

Frankfurter, Felix, 205

Fredericks, Charlie, 10, 209, 270, 277

French journalists visit, 198–199

Fulbright and Connelly resolutions (1943), 31

George VI, 45, 292

Georgia. See Warm Springs

Georgia Hall, 240, 242, 269, 272, 274

Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, 240, 270, 27

minstrel show at, 269, 281–282

German military, 1–2, 248

British victory in Egypt over, 170–171

Crimea conquered by, 77, 141

in Netherlands, 212–213, 265

Sevastopol taken by, 141

Soviet victories against, 73

Yalta occupation, 66–67, 141

See also World War II; specific topics

German problem, 89, 95

Germany

Allies’ invasion of Berlin, 247–248, 259

atomic bomb development by, 171

Bern incident, 203–204, 248–253, 264, 265, 272

bombings of, 111–112

Ibn Saud on, 159–160

Operation Wool, 252

Palestinian problem and, 159–160

Poland and migration of German people, 111

Soviet Union and, 57, 75–77, 135

Tehran conference discussions about, 89, 90, 91

Yalta conference discussions about, 80–83, 87–95, 138–139

See also Hitler, Adolph; Nazis; postwar Germany plans; specific topics

Great Bitter Lake, 143, 154, 155, 166

See also Egyptian trip

Greece

Athens speech of Churchill, Winston, 170

Britain and, 3, 9, 52, 196, 197

FDR and, 4, 14, 31, 100, 188

Greer, De Witt, 279, 280

Grew, Joseph, 217

Gromyko, Andrei, 54, 76, 100

Hachmeister, Louise “Hacky,” 257, 270, 274, 275, 280

Halifax, Edward, 12, 134, 149, 197, 237

Harriman, Averell, 116–117, 229, 272, 292

on Yalta trip, 52, 69, 70, 83–85, 101, 115, 142

Harriman, Kathleen, 69–70, 74, 85, 124, 125

Hassett, William, 181, 192, 230, 233

at Warm Springs, 242, 243, 245, 246, 257, 261, 271, 273, 275–277, 278, 280, 286

Hatch, Carl A., 2

the Hawk (FDR’s ice-yacht), 194

health, of FDR

American public and, 6–7

anorexia, 225

cerebral hemorrhage, 13, 276, 277

Churchill, Winston, and, 225, 237

collapse at Warm Springs, 273–278

as failing, 4–7, 9, 21, 23, 26, 191–193, 198, 211, 225, 228, 237, 239–240, 242–245, 268

fatigue, 191–193, 199–200, 225, 232–233, 242–245, 268, 271

health regimen, 5, 199

heart disease, 4–6

presidential campaign of 1944 and, 6–7, 296

Roosevelt, Anna (daughter), 192, 246, 276

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and, 181, 200, 233–234, 260, 276, 296

secrecy about, 6, 296

Soviet Union and, 225, 297

Suckley and, 10, 43, 195, 232–233, 243–245, 254, 258, 273–275, 278

United Nations and, 243

at Warm Springs, 243–245, 254, 258, 259, 267–268, 271, 273–278

Yalta address and, 191

Yalta trip and, 31–32, 34, 35, 43, 59–60, 62, 63, 70, 74, 87, 112–113, 125, 142, 167, 175, 177, 181–182, 186, 191–192

See also death, of FDR

Hitler, Adolph, 1–2, 45, 73, 220, 252

See also Germany

Holocaust, 144, 147

Hoover, Herbert, 213

Hopkins, Harry

close relationship with FDR, 70

Egyptian trip and, 174–176

health problems, 71, 115, 169, 175–176

Roosevelt, Anna, and, 70–71, 74

Yalta trip and, 38, 41–42, 52, 59, 60, 70–71, 74, 101, 106, 110, 115, 169

Hopkins, Robert, 129

Hornbeck, Stanley, 211–212

Hoskins, Harold, 149–150, 163, 164

Hull, Cordell, 53, 90, 92, 97, 115, 146, 147, 218–219

Hurley, Patrick, 120, 228

Hyde Park, 18, 19, 193, 195, 209, 231–233, 261

burial site of FDR, 232, 234, 289–290

Christmas at, 1–10

Rose Garden, 232, 289

World War II memorial, 300

Hyde Park Memorandum, 206, 208

Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz, 149, 151, 193

Churchill, Winston, and, 164–165

Egyptian trip meeting with FDR, 155–165

on Germany, 159–160

Palestinian problem and, 159–165

Ickes, Harold, 192, 199, 223

Ickes, Raymond, 199

immigration. See Jewish immigration

imperialism

in Far East, 120

See also British imperialism

Inter-American Conference on the Problems of War and Peace, 173

international bill of human rights proposal, 214, 216

isolationism, FDR and, 30–31, 100, 294

Italy, 58, 122

attack on Abyssinia (1935), 153–154

Britain and, 3, 38, 49, 51

See also Bern incident

Iwo Jima, 197, 199

Jackson, Graham, 269, 281

Jackson, Irene, 210, 211

Jackson, Robert, 210, 211

Jamestown, 30

Japan

atomic bomb usage on, 206, 208

China and, 57, 119, 120

See also war on Japan

Jefferson, Thomas, 1, 299

Jefferson Day radio address, 299

Jewish immigration

to Palestine, 145–150, 164–165

postwar resettlement, 162

to US, 143–144

Jews

American Jewish Committee, 214, 216

Holocaust and, 144, 147

international bill of human rights and, 214, 216

US Jewish community, 147

Jews, Palestine as homeland of. See Palestinian problem

Joint Chiefs of Staff, US, 13, 32, 51, 56, 57, 117, 203, 248

Soviet Union and, 204, 297

Yalta conference and, 75, 82, 111

See also Combined Chiefs of Staff

Jones, Jessie, 28

Juliana, Princess, 209, 210, 211, 213

King, Ernest, 46

King, Mackenzie, 199–200, 201, 204

Kirk, Alexander, 175

Korea, 119

Lahey, Frank, 5–6

Landis, James, 151

Lawson, Valentine, 116

League of Nations, 31, 53, 103, 145, 153, 185

Leahy, William D., 203, 252, 272, 273

Yalta trip and, 34, 37, 40, 64, 124, 135, 161, 164, 176, 178, 179

LeHand, Missy, 26–27

Lehman, Herbert, 12

Lilienthal, David, 198

Little White House, Warm Springs, 240, 244, 245, 254, 256, 267, 270, 274–275, 279, 286

Livadia Palace

Big Three photo session, 129

first meeting of Yalta conference at, 80–81

first night dinner with Stalin and Churchill, Winston, 83–86

Stalin and Roosevelt preliminary meeting at, 77–79

US delegation for Yalta conference and, 67–72, 74, 126

London Poles, 97, 99, 105, 128, 132, 184

Lublin Poles, 12, 105–107, 123, 131, 134, 217, 229, 230, 263

Lublin-based Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, 96–97, 100, 104–106, 110, 115, 122, 123, 127–129, 131–133, 196, 229, 263

MacLeish, Archibald, 235, 236, 237

Maisky, Ivan, 93, 94

Malta, 43

Britain and, 44–48, 50, 55, 56, 58, 60

Churchill, Winston, and, 45, 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 58, 60, 110, 247

Combined Chiefs of Staff meeting in, 50, 56–60

Presidential Citation for, 46

pre-Yalta meetings, 50–52, 55–60

Roosevelt, Anna, with FDR in, 56, 59–60

Second Siege of Malta, 45

siege of (1565), 44

Valletta, 42, 44

World War II and, 45–46

Manhattan Project, 172, 205–208, 295

manpower bill, 13,197, 235, 259

Marshall, George C., 13, 49, 50, 52, 56–58, 148, 170, 171, 247, 248, 250

Martha, Princess, 29, 193, 230

Maud Report, 171–172

McCarthy, Leighton, 262, 272

McCormick, Anne O’Hare, 213, 222–223, 292, 293, 299

McDonald, James G., 162

McDuffie, Lizzie, 271, 279

McIntire, Ross, 5–7, 11, 225, 243, 276–278, 286

Yalta trip and, 32, 62, 69, 70, 112–113, 177, 178, 182, 191–192

Mediterranean strategy, 49

Meiklejohn, Robert, 126

Memphis, USS, 7–48

Middle East oil

Britain and, 149

US and, 143, 148–149

Mid-Hudson Bridge, 194

Mikolajczyk, Stanislaw, 99, 100, 104, 134, 263

minorities, racial and religious, 294

Mize, Benjamin, 282

Modjeski, Ralph, 194–195

Molotov, Vyacheslav, 229–230

Yalta conference and, 36, 63, 81, 83, 107–110, 115, 122, 127, 128, 129, 131

Moran, Lord, 68–69, 103

Morgenthau, Henry, Jr., 8, 22, 148

postwar Germany plan of, 89–90, 217–218

Warm Springs visit of, 266–268

Murphy, USS, 154–157, 177

Murray, Arthur, 145

Mussolini, Benito, 30, 45

Napoleon Bonaparte, 44–45

National Cathedral, 232

National Origins Act (1924), 144

National Service Act, 13, 15

Nazis

FDR’s speech on democracy and, 220

Holocaust and, 144, 147

See also Germany

Near East, 151, 224–225, 234

Netherlands

Churchill, Winston, and, 265

crisis, 211–213, 265

New York Times, 216–217

Nicholas II, 67

Norway, 230–231

O’Connor, Basil, 242, 244

Okinawa, 246

Olaf, Prince, 230

Operation Wool, 252

Ophie, Carmel, 175

Orion, HMS, 47

Osmena, Sergio, 256–257

Pacific Theater, 197

Paderewski, Ignacy Jan, 195

Palestine, Jewish immigration to, 145–150, 164–165

Palestinian problem

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry and, 162

Britain and, 145–150

Churchill, Winston, and, 147, 164–165

Egyptian trip and, 143, 151, 152, 159–166

FDR and, 143–152, 159–166, 216

Germany and, 159–160

Ibn Saud and, 159–165

overview, 145

Stalin and, 164

United Nations and, 163, 165

Pasvolsky, Leo, 54, 100

Paullin, James A., 5, 276, 277–278

Pearl Harbor

address by FDR, 72

attack, 72, 73

Pearson, Drew, 201

percentages agreement, 51–52, 100, 135

Perkins, Frances, 4, 16, 23, 188, 199, 224, 225, 231–232, 286

Persia, 109

Philippines, 9, 197, 256–257

Pinchot, Gifford, 12, 19, 21, 109

Pius XII, 37, 119

Plog, William, 289

Poland, 195

Britain and, 105, 115, 122–123, 128, 130, 132, 184, 196, 263–264

Churchill, Winston, and, 98, 100, 104–107, 110–111, 122–123, 127–132, 135, 184, 196, 197, 236–237, 263–264

Curzon Line as eastern border of postwar, 89, 99, 100, 104, 105, 110, 115

elections, 123, 127–128, 131–133

FDR and, 14, 31, 73, 74, 96–98

German people and, 111

London Poles, 97, 99, 105, 128, 132, 184

London-based government-in-exile, 96, 98–100, 105, 110, 122

Lublin Poles, 12, 105–107, 123, 131, 134, 217, 229, 230, 236, 263

Lublin-based Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland, 96–97, 100, 104–106, 110, 115, 122, 123, 127–129, 131–133, 196, 229, 263

Moscow committee on, 128

permanent government, 104–106, 110, 115, 122–123, 127–128, 131–132

postwar frontier boundaries, 89, 99, 100, 104, 105, 110–111, 115

provisional government, 115, 122–123, 127–128, 131, 133, 217, 263

Soviet Union and, 12–13, 37, 73, 74, 95–100, 105, 115, 127–136, 183, 184, 190, 196, 197, 203, 204, 217, 228–229, 236, 263–264

Stalin and, 95–100, 103–108, 110, 111, 122–123, 127, 129, 131, 134–136, 228–229, 236, 263

tripartite commission on, 217

US aircrews allowed in by Soviet Union to, 228–229

US delegation to Yalta and, 97, 115

Warsaw uprising, 99

Yalta accords and, 263

Yalta conference and, 88, 89, 95–100, 103–108, 110–111, 114–115, 121–123, 125–137, 183, 184, 189–191, 202, 217, 263

Polly. See Delano, Laura “Polly”

postwar Asia, Soviet-American cooperation and, 119, 120

postwar Germany plans, 268

Allied Control Commission in, 88, 93, 95

dismemberment of German state, 91–92

France in, 88, 90, 93, 95

of Morgenthau, 89–90, 217–218

reparations, 93–95, 138–139

Yalta conference and, 90–95

zones of occupation in, 90, 93

postwar settlement issue, tripartite conversations about, 76

postwar world, FDR’s vision for, 74, 114, 118, 296, 298–300

cooperation with Soviet Union and, 297

Potomac Stewards, 32

Presidential Library, 18, 19, 261

press

death of FDR and, 280–281, 292

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and, 259–260, 286

Warm Springs press conference, 257–258

Prettyman, Arthur, 32, 254, 268, 273, 274

Proskauer, Joseph, 214, 216

Quebec Agreement, 172

Quincy, USS

Egyptian trip and, 143, 153–155, 157, 160, 167, 169, 173, 175

journey home from Yalta, 176–177, 179, 180

warships escorting, 177

Yalta conference and, 34, 37–38, 41, 42, 48, 52

Rayburn, Sam, 186, 283–284

Red Army, Sevastopol retaken by, 141–142

Reilly, Michael, 156–157, 239–240, 269, 275

religious freedom, Soviet Union and, 36–37, 118

reparations, postwar German, 90, 91, 93–95, 138–139

Rigdon, William, 84, 143

Roosevelt, Anna (daughter), 4, 8, 17, 18, 35

access to FDR through, 218

on Crimea journey, 62–64, 66

on Egyptian trip, 156, 167, 169, 173, 175, 176

health of FDR and, 192, 246, 276

Hopkins, Harry, and, 70–71, 74

in Malta, 56, 59–60

Rutherfurd and, 200–201

Yalta address and, 178–179, 182

on Yalta trip, 32, 34, 37–38, 40, 42, 59–60, 62–64, 66, 69–71, 74, 75, 83–86, 88, 101, 112–113, 126, 139, 156, 167, 169–170, 177–179

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 8, 10, 40, 169, 182, 194, 208, 219, 224

companionship issues with FDR, 255, 287

conflicts with FDR, 17–18, 32, 34

death of FDR and, 283–287

Delano, Laura, and, 255, 276, 287

disability of FDR and, 187–188

Fayerweather and, 233, 234

health of FDR and, 181, 200, 233–234, 260, 276, 296

press and, 259–260, 286

St. Patrick’s Day wedding anniversary, 209–211

Suckley and, 255

at Warm Springs, 286

Roosevelt, Elliott (son), 9, 10

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 214

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (FDR)

accomplishments and political acumen of, 295–299

as architect, 218, 222

book collection of, 261

buildup of military and industrial capacity by, 73, 74, 295

burial wishes of, 232, 234

cabinet of, 22–23, 199, 223–224, 286

campaign for fourth term in 1944, 5–7, 296

Chandor portrait of, 213–214, 215

as Christian, 231

common people and, 293–294

D-Day Prayer of, 238

decline of administration of, 228

disability of, 186–188, 296

Easter Sunday and, 244–246

fourth term inauguration, 24–29

fourth term of, 5–7

grandchildren of, 23–24, 27, 285

last Christmas of, 1–10

leadership impact on 20th and 21st centuries, 293–294

legacy of globalism of, 299

New Year, 1945, 12–29

as New York governor, 194

personality of, 81, 296

personal relationship with Churchill, 170–171

policy of procrastination of, 73

Presidential Library, 18, 19, 261

racial and religious minorities and, 294

religion and, 231–232

secrecy of, 296

sixty-third birthday, 40

transformative nature of presidency of, 293–294

walking technique of, 186–187

will of, 26–27

youth of, 1

See also specific topics

Roosevelt, James (son), 26–27, 29

death of FDR and, 284–285, 287

Roosevelt, Theodore, 209, 239

Rosenberg, Anna, 228, 229

Rosenman, Samuel, 39, 40

Yalta address and, 13, 167, 175, 176, 178–179, 182, 191

Russia. See Soviet Union

Russian palaces, on Yalta shore, 66

Vorontzov Palace and British delegation, 68–69

Yalta conference delegations housed in, 67–69

Yusupov Palace and Soviet delegation, 69

See also Livadia Palace

Rutherfurd, Lucy Mercer, 18–19, 180, 219, 255

death of FDR and, 285, 287

Roosevelt, Anna, and, 200–201

Suckley and, 256, 260–261

at Warm Springs, 256, 260–262, 266, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277, 287

Sacred Cow (FDR’s aircraft), 61–62, 142

Saki, 61, 64, 142

San Francisco conference, 258, 260, 297

American Jewish Committee’s proposals for, 214, 216

death of FDR and, 292–293

difficult issues, 216–217, 221–222

international bill of human rights proposal, 214, 216

issue of USSR seats in General Assembly, 217, 221–222, 236, 247

Soviet Union and, 217, 221–223, 229–230, 292

speech by FDR for, 270, 292

stamp commemorating, 272–273

Stettinius and, 217, 236, 247

US delegation to, 202, 217, 221–222

Vandenberg and, 202–203, 222

Yalta address and, 190

Yalta conference and, 121, 217

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 198

Saudi Arabia, 224–225

Britain and, 158–159

US and, 148–149, 159–161

See also Ibn Saud, Abdul Aziz

Second Siege of Malta, 45

Selassie, Haile, 153, 154

Senn, Elliott, 37, 42, 176, 180

Setaro, Harry “Lenny,” 9, 195

Sevastopol, 66, 141–142

Sforza, Carlo, 3

Sherwood, Robert, 31

Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 285

sketching FDR at Warm Springs, 260, 261–262, 268, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277

Sirius, HMS, 47, 48

Smith, A. Merriman, 279–281

Smith, Al, 186, 194

Smith, Harold D., 11

Snyder, Monty, 243

socialism

of Stalin, 76–77, 98, 134

See also communism

Soviet delegation, to Yalta conference

dinner hosted by, 124–125

Yusupov Palace housing of, 69

See also Yalta conference

Soviet Union (USSR)

aid from Britain and US to, 75–76

allowing US aircrews into Poland, 228–229

American public and, 223

Bern incident and, 203–204, 229, 248–253, 264, 265, 272

Catholic Church and, 36, 37, 118

competition over Europe with Britain, 57

confrontational approach of Churchill, Winston, to, 204

Czechoslovak-Russian Treaty of Friendship, 98

death of FDR and, 291

Eastern Europe and, 15–16, 76, 77, 135, 196, 197, 204

FDR’s vision for postwar world and cooperation with, 297

Germany and, 57, 75–77, 135

health of FDR and, 225, 297

invasion of Berlin by, 82, 83, 247–248

issue of General Assembly seats allocated to, 4, 52, 108, 114, 217, 221–222, 235–237, 246–247, 257–258

Poland and, 12–13, 37, 73, 74, 95–100, 105, 115, 127–136, 183, 184, 190, 196, 197, 203, 204, 217, 228–230, 236, 263–264

recognition by FDR of, 36, 118, 119

religious freedom and, 36–37, 118

San Francisco conference and, 217, 221–223, 229–230, 292

Sevastopol retaken by Red Army, 141–142

territorial issues and, 196

United Nations and, 4, 52–55, 100, 108–109, 112, 114, 183, 217, 221–222, 235–237, 246–247, 257–258, 297

US Joint Chiefs of Staff and, 204

victories against German military, 73

war on Japan and, 116–119, 124

Yalta accords and, 217, 263

See also World War II; specific topics

Soviet-American cooperation

British imperialism and, 119

“new world” and, 137

postwar Asia and, 119, 120

Yalta accords and, 134

Spaman, Guy, 275

speeches, of FDR

on democracy and Nazis, 220

Economic Bill of Rights, 294

San Francisco conference, 270, 292

State of the Union, 1945, 13–15, 300

United Nations, 224

University of Virginia address, 30–31

See also Yalta address

Springwood estate, 9, 19

St. James church, 231

St. Patrick’s Day wedding anniversary, 209–211

Stalin, Joseph

Anglo-American differences with, 203, 264

Bern incident and, 248–252, 264, 265, 272

death of FDR and, 291, 292

early tripartite conversations and, 76

independent relationship with FDR, 48

issue of allowing US aircrews into Poland and, 228–229

issues causing tensions between FDR and, 228–230, 236

Livadia Palace preliminary meeting with FDR, 77–79

Palestinian problem and, 164

percentages agreement with Churchill, Winston, 51–52, 135

Poland and, 95–100, 103–108, 110, 111, 122–123, 127, 129, 131, 134–136, 228–230, 236, 263

postwar security and, 135

socialism of, 134

Tehran conference and, 15, 48, 50

territorial issues and, 73, 74, 76

as “Uncle Joe,” 86

United Nations and, 54, 102–103, 108, 121, 122

war on Japan and, 114, 116–117

Yalta conference and, 16, 36, 39, 42, 48, 70, 73–86, 90–108, 110, 111, 114, 116–117, 119–125, 127, 129, 131, 134–140, 143, 164, 179, 184, 185

in Yusupov Palace, 69

See also Big Three; Soviet Union

State of the Union (1945), 13–15, 300

Stephens, Hazel, 269, 281–282

Stettinius, Edward, 3, 235, 246, 286

Egyptian trip and, 151, 173

San Francisco conference and, 217, 236, 247

Yalta conference and, 22, 50, 52, 54–55, 59, 60, 82, 87–88, 100–102, 107, 108, 111, 112, 115, 127, 131–132, 136

Stevens, Ruth “Ruthie,” 262, 269, 279

Stimson, Henry, 90, 148, 203, 207

Strait of Gibraltar, 40–42, 177

Stroganoff, George, 142

Suckley, Margaret “Daisy,” 9, 18–19, 23, 24, 28, 167, 180

death of FDR and, 279, 286, 287

Delano, Laura, and, 245, 246, 254, 255, 258, 261, 262, 266, 268, 271, 274, 276, 279, 286

friendship with FDR, 254–255

health of FDR and, 10, 43, 195, 232–233, 243–245, 254, 258, 273–275, 278

Roosevelt, Eleanor, and, 255

Rutherfurd and, 256, 260–261

at Warm Springs, 240, 243–245, 254–262, 268, 270, 271, 273–275, 277–279, 286, 287

Switzerland, Bern incident. See Bern incident

Szílard, Leo, 171, 208

Tehran conference, 15, 48, 50

Germany discussions at, 89, 90, 91

Yalta conference and, 88–89

territorial issues

Churchill, Winston, and, 196

Curzon Line, 89, 99, 100, 104, 105, 110, 115

FDR and, 73, 74, 188–189

Soviet Union and, 196

Stalin and, 73, 74, 76

Yalta conference and, 188–189

Tobruk, Egypt, 170–171

tripartite commission, on Poland, 217

tripartite conversations

about postwar settlement, 76

See also Big Three conferences

Truman, Harry, 24, 174, 226, 289, 296

death of FDR and, 283–286

trusteeships, international

UN Trusteeship Council, 39, 298–299

Yalta conference discussions about, 117, 119, 120, 136

Tully, Grace, 18, 19, 181, 182, 237–238, 260

death of FDR and, 279, 286–287

at Warm Springs, 270, 274, 277, 279, 286–287

UN. See United Nations

UN Charter

Congress and, 185

international control of atomic bomb and, 207

as purest expression of FDR’s cause, 298

UN Charter, San Francisco conference on. See San Francisco conference

United Nations (UN)

American public and, 101–102, 183, 190, 223

Britain and, 52–54

Churchill, Winston, and, 101, 103, 109–110, 114, 122

Congress and, 183, 185

contradictions in FDR’s drive for, 298

Declaration of United Nations, 121, 122

economic development and, 109

health of FDR and, 243

issue of USSR seats in General Assembly, 4, 52, 108, 114, 217, 221–222, 235–237, 246–247, 257–258

Palestinian problem and, 163, 165

as proposition, 2, 4, 14–15, 19

Security Council, 4, 14, 52, 53, 102, 103, 108, 112, 136

Soviet Union and, 4, 52–55, 100, 108–109, 112, 114, 183, 217, 221–222, 235–237, 246–247, 257–258, 297

speech by FDR, 224

Stalin and, 54, 102–103, 108, 121, 122

State of the Union address on, 300

Trusteeship Council, 39, 298–299

US delegation to Yalta and, 115–116

as vision of FDR, 74

voting and veto rights, 4, 52–55, 100–103, 108, 122

Yalta address and, 190

Yalta conference and, 32, 52–55, 85–86, 100–103, 107–110, 112, 114, 121, 124, 216, 217

United States (US)

aid to Soviet Union from, 75–76

atomic bomb and, 117, 171–173, 205–208

British imperialism and, 51, 59

FDR’s impact on world’s relationship to, 294–297

France and, 79

Jewish community, 147

Jewish immigration to, 143–144

Middle East oil and, 148–149

National Origins Act, 144

Netherlands crisis and, 211–213, 265

Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 227

problems between Britain and, 171–173

Saudi Arabia and, 148–149, 159–161

State Department, 149, 150

war on Japan and, 116, 117, 197

See also Anglo-Americans; specific topics

University of Virginia address, 30–31

US. See United States

US army, 2

US delegation, to San Francisco conference, 217

bipartisan makeup of, 202

issue of USSR seats in General Assembly and, 221–222, 236

US delegation, to Yalta conference, 61, 142

in Egypt, 143

Livadia Palace and, 67–72, 74, 126

Poland and, 97, 115

United Nations and, 115–116

See also Yalta conference

US military

buildup, 73, 74, 295

GIs returning to US, 228

Soviet Union allowing US aircrews into Poland, 228–229

US Army competition for manpower, 57

USSR. See Soviet Union

Valletta, Malta, 42, 44, 56

Vandenberg, Arthur, 15–16, 236

San Francisco conference and, 202–203, 222

Vishinski, Andrei, 63

Vorontzov Palace, 68–69

Walker, Frank, 272

Wallace, Henry A., 4, 22, 25–26, 289–90

FDR’s health and, 14, 21, 25–26

secretary of commerce position and, 16, 21, 28, 39–40, 197

war on Japan

bombing in, 117, 118

Soviet Union and, 116–119, 124

Stalin and, 114, 116–117

US and, 116, 117, 197

Yalta conference and, 114, 116–117, 124

Warm Springs, 195, 234, 237–239, 263, 265

April 12th, last day of FDR’s life at, 269–288

barbeque, 262

Bruenn at, 242–243, 254, 259, 268, 274–278, 280, 281, 286

Carver Cottage, 273, 275

chapel, 245

collapse of FDR at, 273–274

death of FDR at, 278–288

Delano, Laura, at, 240, 254, 255, 258, 262, 268, 271, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 286–287

Georgia Hall, 240, 242, 269, 274

Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, 240, 269, 270, 274, 281–282

Hassett at, 242, 243, 245, 246, 261, 271, 273, 275–277, 280, 286

health of FDR at, 243–245, 254, 258, 259, 267–268, 271, 273–278

Little White House, 240, 244, 245, 254, 256, 267, 270, 274–275, 279, 286

Morgenthau visit to, 266–268

neighbors, 262

press conference at, 257–258

Roosevelt, Eleanor, at, 286

Rutherfurd at, 256, 260–262, 266, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277, 287

Shoumatoff sketching FDR at, 260, 261–262, 268, 270, 271, 273, 274, 277

Suckley at, 240, 243–245, 254–262, 268, 270, 271, 273–275, 277–279, 286, 287

Tully at, 270, 274, 277, 279, 286–287

Warsaw uprising, 99

Watson, Edwin “Pa,” 169, 177–180, 182, 198

West, Benjamin, 186

Western Front, 2, 58, 78, 82

White House Correspondents’ Dinner, 219

March 1941 speech on democracy and Nazis at, 220

March 1945, 220–221

Wilhelmina, Queen, 211, 212–213

Wilson, Woodrow, 3, 22, 31, 192, 195, 285, 293

Winant, John, 173, 174

Wise, Stephen, 163

Wolff, Karl, 203, 228, 249, 250, 252

world

FDR’s goal of shared values for, 137, 297–298

FDR’s impact on US relationship to, 294–297

FDR’s vision for postwar, 74, 114, 118, 296–300

free movement of capital and free trade, 295

“New Deal for World,” 296–297

reaction to death of FDR, 290–291

World War II, 9, 246

anti-isolationism of FDR, 30–31

Ardennes battle, 1–2, 10, 56, 82

Congress and, 12–13, 15–16, 31

Hyde Park memorial, 300

Iwo Jima, 197, 199

Malta and, 45–46

State of the Union address on, 13–15

See also specific topics

Yalta

German occupation of, 66–67, 141

Russian palaces on shore of, 66

Yalta accords, 134, 183, 185

Churchill, Winston, and, 196, 236

Poland and, 263

Soviet Union and, 217, 263

trouble for, 196

Yalta address

American public and, 190

to Congress, 163, 182, 186–192

drafting, 167, 175, 176, 178–179, 182

health of FDR and, 191

Roosevelt, Anna, and, 178–179, 182

Rosenman and, 13, 167, 175, 176, 178–179, 182, 191

San Francisco conference and, 190

United Nations and, 190

Yalta conference

Atlantic sojourn to, 31–32, 34–43

British delegation, 16, 38–39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 61, 68–69

Churchill, Winston, and, 16, 38–39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 70–71, 81, 83, 85, 86, 91–95, 97, 101, 103–107, 109–111, 114, 122–124, 127–132, 134–139, 169–170, 179, 184

Combined Chiefs of Staff and, 82, 111, 129

Crimea journey to, 61–66

Declaration of Liberated Europe and, 75, 136, 183, 196

delegations housed in Russian palaces, 67–69

Eastern Europe and, 88, 135

fifth day (February 8), 114–125

first day (February 4), 72–86

first meeting at Livadia Palace, 80–81

Flynn and, 35–37, 52, 118

Foreign Ministers and, 92, 93, 121

Four Freedoms, Atlantic Charter and, 137, 183

fourth day (February 7), 107–113

France in discussions at, 88, 90, 93, 95

German reparations discussions at, 93–95, 138–139

Germany discussions at, 80–83, 87–95, 93–95, 138–139

issue of USSR seats in General Assembly, 52, 108, 114, 217, 222, 236

Malta preliminary meetings before, 50–52, 55–60

military issues discussed at, 80–84

Molotov and, 36, 63, 81, 83, 107–110, 115, 122, 127, 128, 129, 131

Poland and, 88, 89, 95–100, 103–108, 110–111, 114–115, 121–123, 125–137, 183, 184, 189–191, 202, 217, 263

post-conference communiqué, 139

postwar Germany plans and, 90–95

as premature peace conference, 74

purposes of, 188–189

San Francisco conference and, 121, 217

second day (February 5), 87–95

selling to American public, 182–185

selling to Congress, 182–186

seventh day (February 10), 131–139

sixth day (February 9), 126–131

Soviet delegation, 69, 124–125

Stalin and, 16, 36, 39, 42, 48, 70, 73–86, 90–108, 110, 111, 114, 116–117, 119–125, 127, 129, 131, 134–140, 143, 164, 179, 184, 185

Stettinius and, 22, 50, 52, 54–55, 59, 60, 82, 87–88, 100–102, 107, 108, 111, 112, 115, 127, 131–132, 136

Tehran conference and, 88–89

territorial issues and, 188–189

third day (February 6), 100–106

trusteeships discussed at, 117, 119, 120, 136

United Nations and, 32, 52–55, 85–86, 100–103, 107–110, 112, 114, 121, 124, 216, 217

US delegation, 61, 67–72, 74, 97, 115–116

US Joint Chiefs of Staff and, 75

war on Japan and, 114, 116–117, 124

See also Yalta trip

Yalta trip

arrival home from, 180–181

Bruenn and, 32, 62, 70, 74, 84, 87, 112–113, 125, 177

Eden on, 54–55, 59, 60, 92, 99, 103, 106, 107, 110, 121, 128, 131, 132

Harriman, Averell, and, 52, 69, 70, 83–85, 101, 115

health of FDR on, 31–32, 34, 35, 43, 59–60, 62, 63, 70, 74, 87, 112–113, 125, 142, 167, 175, 177, 181–182, 186, 191–192

Hopkins, Harry, on, 38, 41–42, 52, 59, 60, 70–71, 74, 101, 106, 115, 169

journey home, 167, 176–180

Leahy on, 34, 37, 40, 64, 124, 135, 161, 164, 176, 178, 179

McIntire and, 32, 62, 69, 70, 112–113, 177, 178, 182, 191–192

Roosevelt, Anna, on, 32, 34, 37–38, 40, 42, 59–60, 62–64, 66, 69–71, 74, 75, 83–86, 88, 101, 112–113, 126, 139, 156, 167, 169–170, 177–179

See also Yalta conference

Yusupov Palace, 69

Zeeland, 212

Zionists, 147, 149, 163–165