Forged In War

This authoritative portrait of the fateful friendship that was destined to save Western civilization draws on the two men's correspondence. It shows how critical their combined leadership was to the eventual Allied victory and how it laid the groundwork for the peace that followed. It reveals the men behind the politicians and shows how they were at the same time idealists yet realists, consistent yet unpredictable, calculating yet impulsive. From FDR's peacetime draft to Churchill's role in the pivotal Battle of Britain, from the Atlantic Conference to Pearl Harbour to Tehran and Yalta, this story of a great relationship is set within the context of the vast military struggle that stretched from the steppes of Russia to Normandy, North America and the Pacific.