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UNCORRECTED ADVANCE READING COPY NOT FOR SALE OR DISTRIBUTION This advance reader’s copy has been distributed by Oxford University Press for promotional and advance review purposes only. No copying, sale, or further distribution or transmission of this digital galley, in whole or part, is allowed, except to others on your staff and/or assigned reviewers for preview purposes only. This preview copy will NOT expire. However, we do ask that you use a finished copy of the book for fact-checking purposes. Please contact Oxford University Press for more information about this book/author or to request a finished book. 212.726.6033 or [email protected] OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF The hopkins Touch ROLL-halftitle1-PageProof i July 3, 2012 2:56 AM OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF DaviD L. RoLL T h e h o p k i n s To u c h Harry Hopkins and the Forging of the Alliance to Defeat Hitler 1 ROLL-titlepage-PageProof iii July 3, 2012 2:56 AM OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 © David L. Roll 2013 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose the same condition on any acquirer. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Roll, David L., 1940– The Hopkins touch : Harry Hopkins and the forging of the alliance to defeat Hitler / David L. Roll. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-989195-5 (alk. paper) 1. Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890–1946. 2. World War, 1939-1945—Diplomatic history. 3. World War, 1939–1945—United States. 4. United States—Foreign relations—1933–1945. 5. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945—Friends and associates. 6. Statesmen—United States—Biography. I. Title. D753.R64 2013 940.53’2—dc23 2012012254 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ROLL-copyright-PageProof iv July 3, 2012 12:45 AM OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF For Nancy Together wing to wing —Robert Frost ROLL-dedication-PageProof v July 3, 2012 2:57 AM OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF Contents Prologue: Moving In 3 1 Ambitious Reformer 9 2 Asks for Nothing Except to Serve 29 3 He Suddenly Came Out with It—The Whole Program 56 4 The Right Man 78 5 First Glimpse of Dawn? 99 6 Vodka Has Authority 116 7 At Last We Have Gotten Together 137 8 We Are All in the Same Boat Now 157 9 Some Sort of a Front This Summer 180 10 The Hopkins Touch 200 11 Lighting the Torch 223 12 The View from Marrakech 244 13 Fault Lines 264 14 The Alliance Shifts 284 15 Tilting toward the Russians 304 16 A Soldier’s Debt 331 17 The Best They Could Do 356 18 A Leave of Absence from Death 379 19 The Root of the Matter 397 Acknowledgments 411 Notes 415 Bibliography 469 Index 481 ROLL-toc-PageProof vii July 2, 2012 11:38 PM OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF The hopkins Touch ROLL-halftitle2-PageProof 1 July 3, 2012 2:57 AM
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