The Jew who defeated Hitler
Subtitle: Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, and how we won the war
By: Peter Moreira
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9781616149581
Subjects: Politics and government; Finance; United States. Office of the Treasurer; Cabinet officers; United States; World War, 1939-1945; Economic policy; Economic aspects; Biography; Jews
Description: "President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the slogan 'The Arsenal of Democracy' to describe American might during the grim years of World War II. The man who financed that arsenal was his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr. This is the first book to focus on the wartime achievements of this unlikely hero-- a dyslexic college dropout who turned himself into a forceful and efficient administrator and then exceeded even Roosevelt in his determination to defeat the Nazis." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-333) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: 1. Battling the Aggressors; title: 2. The French Mission; title: 3. The Gathering Storm; title: 4. The Phony War; title: 5. The Assisstant President; title: 6. Aiding Britain; title: 7. Lend-Lease; title: 8. The Sinews of War; title: 9. The Jews; title: 10. Bretton Woods; title: 11. Octagon; title: 12. The Morgenthau Plan; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Select Bibliography; title: Index