Citizens of London
Subtitle: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour
Publisher: Random House
Published: February 2, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9781400067589
Subjects: History -- Americas -- United States; History -- Europe -- England; History -- Europe -- Ireland; History -- Military -- World War II; History -- World; Nonfiction -- Politics -- International -- Relations
Description: The behind-the-scenes story of how the United States forged its wartime alliance with Britain, told from the perspective of three key American players in London: Edward R. Murrow, Averell Harriman, and John Gilbert Winant.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "There's no place I'd rather be than in England"; title: "You are the best reporter in all of Europe"; title: The opportunity of a lifetime; title: "He seems to get confidence in having us around"; title: Members of the family; title: "Mr. Harriman enjoys my complete confidence"; title: "I want to be in it with you from the start"; title: "Pearl Harbor attacked?"; title: Creating the alliance; title: "An Englishman spoke in Grosvenor Square"; title: "He'll never let us down"; title: "Are we fighting Nazis or sleeping with them?"; title: The forgotten allies; title: "A caul of privilege"; title: "A chase pilot first, last, and always"; title: "Crossing the ocean doesn't automatically make you a hero"; title: "You will find us lining up with the Russians"; title: "Would the damn thing work?"; title: Crisis in the alliance; title: "Finis"; title: "I shall always feel that I am a Londoner"; title: "We all lost a friend in 'im"