1944 : FDR and the year that changed history
(Large Print)
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Adult Nonfiction (Large Print) - South Wing Main Floor
LP 940.5373 W727
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LP 940.5373 W727
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Large Print
Physical Desc
1027 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"Published in 2016 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 890-1024).
Description
It was not inevitable that World War II would end as it did, or that it would even end well. 1944 was a year that could have stymied the Allies and cemented Hitler's waning power. Instead, it saved those democracies -- but with a fateful cost. 1944 witnessed a series of titanic events: FDR at the pinnacle of his wartime leadership as well as his reelection, the planning of Operation Overlord with Churchill and Stalin, the unprecedented D-Day invasion and the horrific Battle of the Bulge, and the tumultuous conferences that finally shaped the coming peace. But on the way, millions of more lives were still at stake as President Roosevelt was exposed to mounting evidence of the most grotesque crime in history, the Final Solution. Just as the Allies were landing in Normandy, the Nazis were accelerating the killing of European Jews. Winik shows how escalating pressures fell on Roosevelt, whose rapidly deteriorating health was a closely guarded secret. Was winning the war the best way to rescue the Jews? Was a rescue even possible? Or would it get in the way of defeating Hitler? In a year when even the most audacious undertakings were within the world's reach, including the liberation of Europe, one challenge -- saving Europe's Jews -- seemed to remain beyond Roosevelt's grasp.
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LC Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Large print books.
Nineteen forty-four, A.D.
Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945 -- Influence.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Large print books.
Nineteen forty-four, A.D.
Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano), -- 1882-1945 -- Influence.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Winik, J. (2016). 1944: FDR and the year that changed history (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Winik, Jay, 1957-. 2016. 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Winik, Jay, 1957-. 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Winik, Jay. 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
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