Overview
- Summary
- "President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the slogan 'The Arsenal of Democracy' to describe American might during the grim years of World War II. The man who financed that arsenal was his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr. This is the first book to focus on the wartime achievements of this unlikely hero-- a dyslexic college dropout who turned himself into a forceful and efficient administrator and then exceeded even Roosevelt in his determination to defeat the Nazis." -- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Prologue
1. Battling the Aggressors
2. The French Mission
3. The Gathering Storm
4. The Phony War
5. The Assisstant President
6. Aiding Britain
7. Lend-Lease
8. The Sinews of War
9. The Jews
10. Bretton Woods
11. Octagon
12. The Morgenthau Plan
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.
Prologue -- 1. Battling the Aggressors -- 2. The French Mission -- 3. The Gathering Storm -- 4. The Phony War -- 5. The Assisstant President -- 6. Aiding Britain -- 7. Lend-Lease -- 8. The Sinews of War -- 9. The Jews -- 10. Bretton Woods -- 11. Octagon -- 12. The Morgenthau Plan -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781616149581
1616149582 - Physical Description
- 348 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Cabinet officers--United States--Biography. Jews--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Finance. World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects. United States--Economic policy--1933-1945. United States--Politics and government--1933-1945. Biographies. Morgenthau, Henry,--1891-1967. Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945. United States.--Office of the Treasurer--Biography.
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