Jonathan W. Jordan is the author of the New York Times bestselling Brothers Rivals Victors and the award-winning Lone Star Navy. A practicing attorney in Atlanta, he lives in Marietta, Georgia.
"An incredibly intimate account of the four men who led the nation
to victory in the Second World War. Mr. Jordan's book should be
required reading for all who seek greater insight into how wars are
won. Superbly written, well researched, and highly interesting,
American Warlords is in a class by itself."--Jean Edward Smith,
Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize, and
New York Times Bestselling Author of FDR and Eisenhower in War and
Peace
"[A] triumph of meticulous scholarship and keen insight propelled
by a marvelously written narrative...Jordan's American Warlords
accomplishes for FDR and World War II what Doris Kearns Goodwin's
Team of Rivals achieved for Lincoln and the Civil War."--Armchair
General "A page-turning chronicle of World War II...Throughout, the
author provides astute and clever portrayals of the leaders,
including Churchill's pretense to his ancestor's abilities,
Stalin's displays of compassion, and FDR's meddling in naval
projects...Readers will enjoy the intrigue, back-stabbing, action,
and diplomacy in this well-written book."--Kirkus Reviews (starred
review) "A classic page-turner that is fun to read. This essential
volume will hold much appeal to readers interested in World War II,
FDR, and civilian-military relations."--Library Journal (starred
review)
"Mr. Jordan has done an admirable job of making these men come
alive. He uses their own words to weave a good tale."--The Wall
Street Journal "Jordan has crafted an immensely readable history of
World War II, framed around President Franklin Roosevelt and his
top military lieutenants...Jordan has done a wonderful job of
encapsulating, not just the personalities of these fascinating
leaders, but the larger overall strategy of the war, dutifully
covering all the major battles on the road to victory."--Charleston
Post and Courier "Jordan's research is exemplary; the detail he
brings forth about the men of this time and the conflicts they
faced, both outside Washington and inside, paints a picture of a
small group of men who understood only too well what was happening
on both sides of their world. They are presented in such a way as
to be human on the one hand and almost superhuman on the other....
A must-read."--New York Journal of Books "Perhaps the most
compelling stories here are of the historical turns that almost,
but didn't, happen--Marshall as commander of Overlord, Dewey as
president, the Morgenthau Plan (to reduce postwar Germany to a meek
agrarian state) rather than the Marshall Plan--each of them near
misses that would have recast history."--MHQ: The Quarterly Journal
of Military History
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