1941 : fighting the shadow war : how Britain and America came together for victory / Marc Wortman.

London : Atlantic Books, 2017.

x, 409 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In 1941, Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America's clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Prior to that infamous day, America had long been involved in a shadow war. Winston Churchill, England's beleaguered new Prime Minister, pleaded with Franklin D. Roosevelt for help. President Roosevelt concocted ingenious ways to come to his aid, without breaking the Neutrality Acts. Conducting espionage at home and in South America to root out Nazi sympathizers, and waging undeclared war in the Atlantic, were just some of the tactics with which America battled Hitler in the shadows. President Roosevelt also had to contend with growing isolationism and anti-Semitism as he tried to influence public opinion.

9781786491152 (hbk)

940.5'322
940.5322

English

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