{"product_id":"rendezvous-with-destiny-how-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-five-extraordinary-men-took-america-into-the-war-and-into-the-world-paperback","title":"Rendezvous with Destiny: How Franklin D. Roosevelt and Five Extraordinary Men Took America into the War and into the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Fullilove\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and well-written account of a little-known chapter that was crucial to the course of World War II and to America's global leadership.\" --Henry A. Kissinger\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the dark days between Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable men--Sumner Welles, William \"Wild Bill\" Donovan, Harry Hopkins, Averell Harriman, and Wendell Willkie--on dramatic and dangerous missions to Europe. The five envoys' highly unorthodox missions took them into the middle of the war and exposed them to the leading figures of the age. Taken together, they plot the arc of America's transformation from a divided and hesitant middle power into a global leader. Drawing on vast archival research, \u003ci\u003eRendezvous with Destiny \u003c\/i\u003eis narrative history at its most delightful, stirring, and important.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Fullilove\u003c\/b\u003eis the executive director of the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. He lives in Sydney, Australia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.33 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701302988896,"sku":"9780143125624","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/rendezvous-with-destiny-how-franklin-d-roosevelt-and-five-extraordinary-men-took-america-into-the-war-and-into-the-world-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}