Product Description The best-selling author of April 1865 chronicles the events of 1944 to reveal how the Allies nearly lost World War II, citing the pivotal contributions of FDR, Churchill and Stalin. (United States history). Review "To understand the 20th century, you need to understand 1944. With his usual great research and storytelling talent, Jay Winik makes that dramatic year come alive." --Walter Isaacson, author of "The Innovators" and "Steve Jobs" "A gifted storyteller with a proven talent for finding universal meaning in particular historical moments, Jay Winik has now turned his attention to 1944, an epochal year that shaped the way we live now. With grace and energy, he tells a vital story well, bringing those distant days back to vivid life. This is a terrific read." --Jon Meacham, author of "Franklin and Winston" and the Pulitzer-winning "American Lion" "Jay Winik is a master storyteller and in "1944" he has a horrifying, mesmerizing story to tell. FDR was a great hero of World War II, but as Winik shows, even the wisest of men can have moral blind spots. With drama, power, and passion, Winik brings to life a magnificent and terrible time." --Evan Thomas, author of "Ike's Bluff" and "Being Nixon" "Jay Winik is a master of the historical moment. His "April 1865" distilled the Civil War and Reconstruction into a few fraught weeks. "1944" fittingly encompasses more time, as his canvas is larger, but it delivers the same insight and impact, in similarly vivid and compelling prose. A wonderful book!" --H. W. Brands, author of "Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" "An accomplished popular historian unpacks the last full year of World War II and the excruciatingly difficult decisions facing Franklin Roosevelt. . . . Winik asks whether, by focusing so wholly on winning the war, Roosevelt missed 'his own Emancipation Proclamation moment, ' the chance to make the war about something bigger, specifically 'the vast humanitarian tragedy occurring in Nazi-controlled Europe.' . . . The author's fair assessment of the evidence, detailed scene-setting, deft storytelling, and sure-handed grasp of this many-stranded narrative will inspire any reader to rethink this issue. Do we ask too much of Roosevelt or too little? A complex history rendered with great color and sympathy." --"Kirkus Reviews "(starred review) "Winik... turns his attention to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this fast-paced history of the year the world was at a crossroads.... 1944 is a bracing war story about an inspiring president who led the Allies to victory but missed opportunities to save countless lives." --Jane Ciabattari, BBC "As he did so masterfully in "April 1865," Winik focuses on one crucial period and illuminates the ways in which that time affected the course of American history." --"BookPage" "Winik . . . turns his attention to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this fast-paced history of the year the world was at a crossroads. . . . "1944" is a bracing war story about an inspiring president who led the Allies to victory but missed opportunities to save countless lives." --Jane Ciabattari, BBC "It's gratifying to hear someone called a public historian, as the "Baltimore Sun" said of Winik. . . . Here he follows up his "New York Times" best-selling" The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World" with a study of one crucial year in the wartime administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt." --Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal" "[An] animated tale of how the Holocaust tragically shifted into highest gear, even as the Allies turned the tide in the second world war. . . . Mr. Winik [is] a talented storyteller." --"The Economist" "Winik uses the same novelistic approach as he did in "April 1865: The Month That Saved America "(Harper, 2001), to draw readers into the high drama of that pivotal period of WWII." --"Publishers Weekly" "Jay Winik's ambitious new book addresses the de
1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series)
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Author: Winik, Jay
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781410486004
Details:
Author: Winik, Jay
Brand: Thorndike Pr
Edition: Large Print
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Large Print
Number Of Pages: 928
Release Date: 17-02-2016
Package Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 2.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781410486004
