Franklin and Winston
by Jon Meacham
The wartime friendship of Roosevelt and Churchill: affection, calculation and the strains of unequal power. Meacham is excellent on the personal in the political.
Read it if…
you want leadership through the lens of a relationship.
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Skip it if…
you want military history.
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Three things you will actually use
- Alliances are personal.
- Charm is strategic.
- Power imbalances strain friendship.
Do this first
Read the chapters on their first Atlantic meeting.
Our verdict
A friendship that shaped the war.
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