Franklin D. Roosevelt: The War Years, 1939-1945

Having guided the nation through the worst economic crisis in its history, Franklin Delano Roosevelt by 1939 was turning his attention to a world on the brink of war.

The second part of Roger Daniels' s biography focuses on FDR's growing mastery in foreign affairs.

Relying on FDR's own words to the American people and eyewitness accounts of the man and his accomplishments, Daniels reveals a chief executive orchestrating an immense wartime effort.