The second most powerful man in the world the life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's chief of staff
"The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief"--
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New York, New York :
Dutton,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- The education of naval officer
- Building a career and family
- Enter Franklin Roosevelt
- The roaring twenties
- Depression
- Nearing the top
- Rising in Roosevelt's court
- Leahy's navy
- The first retirement
- Governor of Puerto Rico
- Ambassador to Vichy France
- Dark days
- Chief of staff to the Commander in Chief
- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
- The grandest level of strategy
- From Casablanca to Trident
- Difficult friends
- Top dog
- Cairo and Tehran
- Acting president
- Leahy's war
- Atomic bombs and elections
- Yalta and death
- Truman
- The end of the war
- Speeches
- Personal snooper
- Priorities
- Cold war
- Key West
- On the outside
- Fading away
- The forgotten man.
