The Resource 1944 : FDR and the year that changed history, Jay Winik
1944 : FDR and the year that changed history, Jay Winik
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The item 1944 : FDR and the year that changed history, Jay Winik represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 1027 pages (large print)
- Note
- "Published in 2016 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc."
- Contents
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- Prelude: The sphinx
- Part I. Spring 1944: Everything all at once
- Tehran
- "I want to sleep and sleep twelve hours a day."
- Escape
- Escape, part two
- "This is the year 1944"
- "Could we be granted victory this year, 1944?"
- Part II. The road to 1944
- Beginnings
- Mills of the gods
- Giant cemeteries
- Riegner
- 1943
- "The acquiescence of this government in the murder of Jews"
- Part III. The fateful decision
- Trapped between knowing and not knowing
- The wind and the silence
- Part IV. 1945
- Reckoning
- Isbn
- 9781410486004
- Label
- 1944 : FDR and the year that changed history
- Title
- 1944
- Title remainder
- FDR and the year that changed history
- Statement of responsibility
- Jay Winik
- Title variation
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- FDR and the year that changed history
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the year that changed history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Winik, Jay
- Dewey number
- 940.53/73
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Thorndike press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Political leadership
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Nineteen forty-four, A.D
- United States
- Label
- 1944 : FDR and the year that changed history, Jay Winik
- Note
- "Published in 2016 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 890-1024)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prelude: The sphinx -- Part I. Spring 1944: Everything all at once -- Tehran -- "I want to sleep and sleep twelve hours a day." -- Escape -- Escape, part two -- "This is the year 1944" -- "Could we be granted victory this year, 1944?" -- Part II. The road to 1944 -- Beginnings -- Mills of the gods -- Giant cemeteries -- Riegner -- 1943 -- "The acquiescence of this government in the murder of Jews" -- Part III. The fateful decision -- Trapped between knowing and not knowing -- The wind and the silence -- Part IV. 1945 -- Reckoning
- Control code
- ocn926050588
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 1027 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410486004
- Isbn Type
- (large print : hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015038664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)926050588
- Label
- 1944 : FDR and the year that changed history, Jay Winik
- Note
- "Published in 2016 by arrangement with Simon & Schuster, Inc."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 890-1024)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prelude: The sphinx -- Part I. Spring 1944: Everything all at once -- Tehran -- "I want to sleep and sleep twelve hours a day." -- Escape -- Escape, part two -- "This is the year 1944" -- "Could we be granted victory this year, 1944?" -- Part II. The road to 1944 -- Beginnings -- Mills of the gods -- Giant cemeteries -- Riegner -- 1943 -- "The acquiescence of this government in the murder of Jews" -- Part III. The fateful decision -- Trapped between knowing and not knowing -- The wind and the silence -- Part IV. 1945 -- Reckoning
- Control code
- ocn926050588
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 1027 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781410486004
- Isbn Type
- (large print : hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2015038664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)926050588
Subject
- Nineteen forty-four, A.D
- Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Influence
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Large type books
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