{"product_id":"the-devils-will-get-no-rest-fdr-churchill-and-the-plan-that-won-the-war-9781982168698","title":"The Devils Will Get No Rest: Fdr, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War","description":"\u003cb\u003eWritten with \"a cinematic sense of urgency and realism\" (Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author), this is the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, the secret ten-day parlay in Morocco where FDR, Churchill, and their divided high command hammered out a winning strategy at the tipping point of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Devils Will Get No Rest \u003c\/i\u003eis a \"vivid and engaging\" (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize---winning author) character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone either way. Churchill called it the most important Allied conclave of the war. Until now, it has never been explored in a full-length book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a secret, no-holds-barred, ten-day debate in a Moroccan warzone, protected by British marines and elite American troops, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton Jr., Sir Alan Brooke, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir Harold Alexander, and their military peers questioned each other's competence, doubted each other's visions, and argued their way through choices that could win or lose the war. You will be treated to a master class in strategy by the legendary statesmen, generals, and admirals who overcame their differences, transformed their alliance from a necessity to a bond, forged a war-winning plan, and glimpsed the postwar world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James B. Conroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982168698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eConroy, James B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James B. Conroy is an award-winning author and an honorary fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Having worked on Capitol Hill as a Senate press secretary and a congressman's chief of staff and served for six years in the Naval Air Reserve, Conroy graduated magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center and practiced law in Boston until 2020. His first book, \u003ci\u003eOur One Common Country\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for the prestigious Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize. His second, \u003ci\u003eLincoln's White House\u003c\/i\u003e, shared the Lincoln Prize and won the Abraham Lincoln Institute's annual book award. He and his wife, Lynn, divide their time between Hingham, Massachusetts, and Martha's Vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43950424588403,"sku":"9.78198E+12","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7595469b-c12f-491e-aeba-f0cdff37642a.jpg?v=1759405494","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-devils-will-get-no-rest-fdr-churchill-and-the-plan-that-won-the-war-9781982168698","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}