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Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History Paperback – April 1, 2008

by Robert E Sherwood (Author), Wilson Miscamble (Preface), Irwin F. Gellman (Introduction)
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“Thankfully Enigma Books has now brought this landmark back to life.”—Peter Zelikow, Foreign Affairs

Because it offers a rare insight into the workings of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s wartime diplomacy, this book is the classic account of FDR’s foreign policy during World War II, examining how Harry Hopkins, his friend and confidant, became the president’s “point man” with Stalin, Churchill, de Gaulle, and other allied leaders. It is the inside history of America’s inevitable wartime rise as a great power, written in wonderfully readable prose by White House speechwriter and prize-winning playwright Robert Sherwood.

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    880 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Enigma Books
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    6.1 x 0.5 x 9.1 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1929631499
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1929631490
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Robert E. Sherwood was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright. Irwin F. Gellman is an independent scholar and the author of Roosevelt and Battista: Good Neighbor Diplomacy in Cuba, 1933-1945 and Good Neighbor Diplomacy: United States Policies in Latin America, 1933-1945. He has been working on a multi-volume biography.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Enigma Books; Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Edition (April 1, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 880 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1929631499
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1929631490
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 0.5 x 9.1 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Alain Nantel
5.0 out of 5 stars Un des meilleurs livres sur la politique étrangère américaine
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2009
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Selon la revue Foreign Affairs, « Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate story » est un des meilleurs livres sur la diplomatie américaine, publié il y a plus de 50 ans. En effet, ce livre est un incontournable pour tous ceux qui sont intéressés à la Deuxième Guerre mondiale et aux trois grands, Roosevelt, Churchill et Staline. Et c'est dans l'ombre du Président Roosevelt que se distingue un personnage d`exception : Harry Hopkins. Ami intime et confident de Roosevelt, cet homme, après avoir été un des grands architectes du New Deal, a réussi discrètement pendant toute la guerre à établir et à maintenir l'alliance entre les trois grands alliés, un véritable tour de force. Hopkins connaissait, comprenait et aimait Roosevelt et lui était entièrement dévoué. Il résidait à la Maison - Blanche et faisait partie de la famille. Homme d'action, il savait actualiser les pensées du Président rapidement. Premier émissaire américain auprès de Churchill et de Staline, Hopkins gagna et conserva leur confiance par sa sincérité et l'énoncé direct de sa pensée; Churchill le surnomma amicalement « Lord Root of the matter ».

L'auteur de ce livre, Robert E. Sherwood, écrivain reconnu pour ses pièces de théâtre et ses scénarios de film (trois prix Pulitzer et un Oscar) se joignit dès le début de la guerre à l'équipe de rédaction des discours de Roosevelt sous la direction de son ami Hopkins. Il nous permet d'entrer dans la Maison Blanche et de vivre des moments impérissables par son style vivant et imagé. Sherwood a eu l'avantage d'être le premier à avoir accès aux archives de Hopkins immédiatement après sa mort en 1946 et de pouvoir interviewer à chaud les principaux acteurs. Paru en 1948, son livre donnait une première appréciation de l'activité intense qui régnait autour de ceux qui décidaient de la vie de millions de personnes. Écrit à la première personne, ce livre tient à la fois de la narration, de la biographie, de l'histoire et de la collection de documents, car on y trouve verbatim de larges extraits des comptes rendus de Hopkins au sujet des grandes conférences (Placentia Bay, Casablanca, Québec,Téhéran, Yalta), de ses rencontres avec les autorités civiles et militaires éminentes, des extraits de sa correspondence ou des discours du Président. Le compte rendu de sa dernière rencontre avec Staline et Molotov à la demande exprès de Truman suite à l'échec de la conférence de San Francisco (1945) demeure mémorable. Le tout se lit avec énormément de plaisir et nous permet d'entrer dans l'intimité de tout ce monde et de mieux comprendre l' esprit, le courage et l'ardeur qui les animaient tous. Ce livre est un classique et il a valu à Sherwood un autre prix Pulitzer.
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Denny Hatch
5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Important Book of the 20th Century
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2014
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This is the gripping account of two terribly ill men who ran the United States from 1932 to April 1945. This was the period of the Great Depression and World II—the most tumultuous 14 years of the 20th century.
A quick backgrounder on their illnesses.
Roosevelt was felled by polio at the age of 39 in 1921. His legs became shriveled and he was never able to walk again. He used a wheelchair and was physically carted around by his valet, Arthur Prettyman. The arrangement with the press: no photographs in the wheelchair or in the arms of Prettyman. A heavy smoker, Roosevelt also suffered from heart trouble and myriad bouts of sinus troubles, flu and colds.
In 1937, Hopkins, 47, lost his stomach to cancer and was never again able to digest food normally. He was periodically incapacitated for weeks and frequently hospitalized. A divorced bachelor for most of those years, Hopkins lived down the hall from Roosevelt in the White House as a member of the family. He had no title, authorized billions of dollars to be spent in relief during the Depression. Sherwood wrote: “When Roosevelt told Hopkins to invent jobs for four million men and women in 30 days, he expected him to do it in his own way and without continually coming back to the White House for advice on details.”
During World War II, a British diplomat once said, “We came to think of Hopkins as Roosevelt’s own, personal Foreign Office.” He was also Roosevelt’s production czar, military strategist and gatekeeper. “He kept problem-laden officials away from Roosevelt; one of his most frequent statements was, “The President isn’t going to be bothered with anything as nonsensical and unimportant as that if I can help it!”
Sherwood created a riveting narrative of Hopkins’ peripatetic international travels and close personal and professional one-on-one relationships with the four men who saved Western Civilization—and who revered him—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin and Gen. George Marshall.
Sherwood’s masterpiece is especially relevant now in this epoch of a president dealing with a Great Recession, unwinnable land wars in Asia and the virulent hostility of Congress.
NOTE: I ordered this on Kindle. It was scanned by not edited. It is filled with typos and occasional gibberish. Do not be deterred. Soldier on. Next to Roosevelt and Hopkins, Obama and Jarrett are a joke.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great service
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2023
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A. J. C.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book for Readers of History
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2004
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I bought this book, on some fair measure, due to the review written by Mr. Passos on Amazon's web site.I had heard the name Harry Hopkins for many years, and had the somewhat vague knowedge that Harry Hopkins was an intimate advisor and assistant to Franklin Roosevelt. I was curious when I saw the book at Amazon, and I bought it.

This is an outstanding book, and it easy for me to see why it is a Pulitzer Prize winner. The book is as much about the Roosevelt administration and related national and international history as it is about Messrs. Roosevelt & Hopkins. One of the interesting things about this book is that it was written in 1947;I reminded myself of that throughout my reading. For the most part it is written in the first person by Robert Sherwood, a gifted author who worked with Hopkins while in the Roosevelt administration. I gave a lot of credibility to the book because of the author's proximity to Hopkins and Rooseveltas well as the short time span between the actual events and the publishing of the book.

The book is well written by a man that had substantial prior experience in writing show business type material. In a number of instances the author puts himself on the scene of events, but by no means limits the book to his experiences with Roosevelt & Hopkins. There is considerable detail...sometimes when I read a review that makes that claim I suspect that I will encounter much minutiae with boredom to follow. Not the case here; there are many interesting explanitions, facts, discussions, etc. I found myself continuously engaged as some of the most compelling history of the U.S. unfolded at the hands of the author.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best history ever read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2021
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Real life luxury to read a biography of two larger than life figures, Roosevelt and Hopkins. Sherwood’s words flawless and storying magical.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I was so pleased to be able to get the book in the ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2014
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I started reading this book in the States when staying with my cousin. Fascinating insight into US thoughts on supporting Britain during WWII. I was so pleased to be able to get the book in the UK so I could finish reading it. Book was in very good condition.
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