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The second most powerful man in the world : the life of Admiral William D. Leahy, Roosevelt's chief of staff / Phillips Payson O'Brien.

"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Phillips Payson, 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Dutton, [2019]
Subjects:
Leahy, William D.
United States. > Joint Chiefs of Staff > Biography.
Admirals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Admirals.
United States.
Biographies.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • The education of a 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 of Staff
  • 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
  • Two speeches
  • Personal snooper
  • Priorities
  • Cold war
  • Key West
  • On the outside
  • Fading away
  • The forgotten man.

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