CONTENTS
PREFACE
PROLOGUE Fall 1940
HYDE PARK
LONDON
BERLIN
TOKYO
WASHINGTON
PART ONE THE MISCALCULATED WAR
The Struggle to Intervene
THE NEW COALITION AT HOME
LEND-LEASE: THE GREAT DEBATE
“SPEED—AND SPEED NOW”
ROOSEVELT’S WHITE HOUSE
The Crucibles of Grand Strategy
HITLER: THE RAPTURE OF DECISION
CHURCHILL: THE GIRDLE OF DEFEAT
KONOYE: THE VIEW TOWARD CHUNGKING
ROOSEVELT: THE CRISIS OF STRATEGY
STALIN: THE TWIST OF REAL POLITIK
Cold War in the Atlantic
ATLANTIC FIRST
RUSSIA SECOND
GOVERNMENT AS USUAL
RENDEZVOUS AT ARGENTIA
Showdown in the Pacific
THE WINDS AND WAVES OF STRIFE
THE CALL TO BATTLE STATIONS
A TIME FOR WAR
RENDEZVOUS AT PEARL
PART TWO DEFEAT
“The Massed Forces of Humanity”
A CHRISTMAS VISITOR
SENIOR PARTNERS, AND JUNIOR
THE SINEWS OF TOTAL VICTORY
The Endless Battlefields
DEFEAT IN THE PACIFIC
THIS GENERATION OF AMERICANS
THE WAR AGAINST THE WHITES
The Cauldron of War
REPRISE: RUSSIA SECOND
ASIA THIRD
THE LONG ARMS OF WAR
THE ALCHEMISTS OF SCIENCE
The State of the Nation
THE ECONOMICS OF CHAOS
THE PEOPLE AT WAR
THE POLITICS OF NONPOLITICS
The Flickering Torch
THRUS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
WALK WITH THE DEVIL
ROOSEVELT: A TURNING POINT?
PART THREE STRATEGY
Casablanca
THE GAMING BOARD OF STRATEGY
TOWARD THE UNDERBELLY
THE FIRST KILL
The Administration of Crisis
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
THE TECHNOLOGY OF VIOLENCE
ROOSEVELT AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
The Strategy of Freedom
“A WORLD FORGED ANEW”
THE BROKEN PLEDGE
THE KING’S FIRST MINISTER
ROOSEVELT AS PROPAGANDIST
Coalition: Crisis and Renewal
THE MILLS OF THE GODS
CAIRO: THE GENERALISSIMO
TEHERAN: THE MARSHALL
PART FOUR BATTLE
The Lords of the Hill
A SECOND BILL OF RIGHTS
THE REVOLT OF THE BARONS
THE SUCTION PUMP
The Dominion of Mars
SECRECY AND “SEDITION”
THE MOBILIZED SOCIETY
THE CULTURE OF WAR
The Fateful Lightning
CRUSADE IN FRANCE
PACIFIC THUNDERBOLTS
ROOSEVELT AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF
The Grand Referendum
AS A GOOD SOLDIER
A NEW PARTY
A GRAND DESIGN
THE STRANGEST CAMPAIGN
FOR YOU ARE THE MAN FOR US
The Ordeal of Strategy
EUROPE: THE DEEPENING FISSURES
CHINA: THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS
ROOSEVELT AS GRAND STRATEGIST
CHRISTMAS 1944
PART FIVE THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS
The Supreme Test
“THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A FRIEND …”
THE KING OF THE BEARS
ASIA: THE SECOND SECOND FRONT
With Strong and Active Faith
EUROPE: THE PRICE OF INNOCENCE
ASIA: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER
“THE WORK, MY FRIENDS, IS PEACE”
EPILOGUE Home-coming
FREEDOM’S ONCE-BORN
DEMOCRACY’S ARISTOCRAT
VOYAGER’S RETURN
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHAPTER BIBLIOGRAPHIES WITH BASIC BOOK LIST
INDEX