Joseph E. Persico (Get this book)Whatever his flaws, Franklin Roosevelt had an eye for talent, according to this sweeping, top-down account of 1939-45 from the point of view of FDR, his cabinet and his leading generals and admirals. He recounts accepted blunders but remains neutral on persistent controversies--should we have dropped the atom bomb? Did the strategic bombing of Germany shorten the war?--merely recording opinions on both sides. A fine, straightforward politics-and-great-men history.--Kirkus
