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KENNEDY& ROOSEVELT The Uneasv Alliance $1 m "This brilliant study is atourde force...Once started, it is hard to layaside."—Chicago Sun-Times MICHAEL BESCHLOSS R. MAYDAY Author of Foreword by ames MacGregor Burns U l Digitized by the Internet Archive 2014 in https://archive.org/details/kennedyrooseveltOObesc " Won $1 ACCLAIM FOR KennedyandRoosevelt by Michael R. Beschloss "TherecanbenoquestionthattheKennedy-Rooseveltallianceisaclassic case study. Beschloss has told this complex story carefully and . . . judiciously;consideringthatheisinhisearlytwenties, heisahistorianof impressive accomplishment. With this book he has given himselfan . . . — auspicious startingpoint." JonathanYardley, Washington Star "Thisbrilliantstudyis atourdeforce. ... Itsucceedsin unravelingwith the skillofanovelistthe complex relationship between these twohighly complexmen. Once started, it is hardto layaside. . . . From firsttolast, KennedyandRooseveltisfascinating. The storyofthe uneasy alliance is toldwith skill, economyandan—eyefornuancesandsubtleties." Carey McWilliams, Chicago Sun-Times "This fine, ofte—n fascinating book has convinced me ofsomething I had long suspected that Joseph Kennedy was more capable and far more interestingthan any ofhis sons. ... I must record myastonishment that sofineand readableabookon socomplexamanwaswrittenbyoneonly 22yearsold. We'llbe hearingmore ofMichael Beschloss." . . . — Richard Walton, WashingtonPostBookWorld J. "Solidly researched and impressively set down Kennedy and . . . Rooseveltisasoberingandfascinatinglessonin thewaysofpowerandof hairy Rooseveltian statecraft, and in the inadequacies of the business mindinthepoliticalanddiplomaticarena. — Richard Lingeman, TheNation "This account ofthe relationship between the two men illuminates the problemsofleadershipinAmerica. I—nfact, itisatextbook, acasestudyin howpoliticalallianceworks." Robert Kirsch, LosAngeles Times "Asexcitingasitisauthoritative, acliffhangerinitsreve—lationofthesetwo titans movingfromfriendshiptobareknuckles." W. A. Swanberg "Beschlosscaptures superblythegrowingtensionbetweenthe mutually distrustful men. Written with authority, this well-researched work . . . reveals the complex motives and values at work am—ong men exercising poweratthehighestlevel." PublishersWeekly "An exceptionalwork, combiningscholarshipandstyle." — Roy M. Melbourne, AnnalsoftheAmericanAcademyof Politicaland SocialScience "A fascinating study of a pair of friendly antagonists and a significant contribution to contemporary history ... A fresh and provocative dual — portrait." Richard Whalen J. "This book is a real credit, not only to the author. . . but also to the academic discipline. Mr. Beschloss has performed anotable service . . . in disclosing the weaknesses and dangers ofan excessively private ap- — proach topubliclife." LeonardSilk, NewYork Times "A fascinating, highly readable examination ofJoseph Kennedy's am- biguous relationshipwith FDR: two shrewd, ruthless, butverydifferent menusingeachother, mixingadmirationwithhatred, beingtruthfulonly whenexpedient, strivingalwaysforpower." — Gaddis Smith, ForeignAffairs "Prodigies are not uncommon in music and science, but the writing of history is usually reserved for those of mature years. All the more remarkable to learn that Michael Beschloss isonly22. . . . Onewonders whatmoretheycouldpossiblyteachhim." — Allan Peskin, ClevelandPlainDealer "Alivelyand intelligentworkbyapromisingyounghistorian." — ArthurM. Schlesinger, Jr. "A fascinating story. . . Beschlo—ss writes well, and with great care for fairnessandbalance." Joseph Losos, St. LouisPost-Dispatch "A superbly written and interesting study The subject, style and . . . thesis make this an importantworkwhich ishighlyrec—ommended." LibraryJournal "Beschlosshaswrittenabriskstory. Theprosestyleiscrisp. Theresearch bisoothkotrhoautgahddasndtoitmhpereNsesiwveD.ea.l. .moKseanince.d"y and Roosevelt is a very good — GeorgeWolfskill, AmericanHistoricalReview "Fascinating. . . TheRoosevelt-Kennedy—storyisthestuffofhighdrama." Steve Neal, Chicago Tribune "Thereisacertaindetachment in thewritingofthis youngmanwhowas born in 1955, a detachment that many who lived through the 1930s and — 1940s still can't share. . . . This book is an excellent piece ofwork not only for a relative youngster but for a historian ofany age. Beschloss's — insightsrundeep." John F. Bridge, DetroitNews "It is acompellingly good story, told without a trace ofideological bias, andwithagenerositytowardthepeopleinvolvedwhichyoudon'texpect inanauthorwritingatatimeoflifewhen, formost, theworldeasilysorts itselfout into good guys and bad. . . . The possibility that this is the last youwillbehearingofMichaelBeschlossisaboutasremoteasthechance thathewouldhaveflunkedhistoryatWilliams." — Leslie Hanscom, Newsday ALSO BY MICHAEL R. BESCHLOSS Mayday: The U-2Affair(1986) MICHAEL BESCHLOSS R. KENNEDY AND ROOSEVELT The Uneasy Alliance Foreword byJames MacGregor Bums PERENNIAL LIBRARY I I 1 Harper&Row, Publishers, NewYork Cambridge, Philadelphia, SanFrancisco, Washington London, MexicoCity, SaoPaulo, Singapore, Sydney Ahardcovereditionofthisbookwasoriginallypublishedin1980byW. W. Norton& Company, Inc. ItisherereprintedbyarrangementwithRussell&Volkening,Inc. Cartoononpage227iscopyrighted©1940, ChicagoTribune. Usedwithpermission,all rights reserved. Kennedyandroosevelt. Copyright©1980byMichaelR. Beschloss. Allrightsreserved. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica. Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedin anymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptinthecaseofbriefquotations embodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews. ForinformationaddressRussell&Volkening, Inc., 50West29thStreet, NewYork, NY10001. PublishedsimultaneouslyinCanadabyFitzhenry &WhitesideLimited,Toronto. Firstperenniallibraryeditionpublished1987. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-Publication Data Beschloss, MichaelR. KennedyandRoosevelt. Reprint. Originallypublished:1sted. NewYork:Norton,cl980. Includes index. 1. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. 2. Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969. 3. United States—Politics and government—1933-1945. 4. United States—Foreignrelations—1933-1945. I.Title. KS07.B47 1987 973.917'092'4 86-46045 ISBN0-06-097095-2(pbk. ) 87 88 89 90 91 MPC 10 987654321 FOR MY PARENTS
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