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North Africa and, 22, 217, 222, 232
personality of, 166
press and, 336
Roosevelt and, 336n
Sicily and, 242, 275, 291
slapping incident and, 336
Stimson and, 337
uniform of, 246
Payne, Marjorie, 340, 341
Pearl Harbor, 72, 75, 82, 381
Japanese attack on, 1–8, 111, 112, 143, 144, 397–403, 473
Peleliu, 388
Pendergast, Tom, 68
Perkins, Frances, 12–14, 63, 103, 310, 445
Perry, Glen, 212–13
Pershing, John “Black Jack,” 18, 19, 119, 289, 290, 294, 312, 313, 414, 445
Philippine Islands, 65, 97, 100–1, 103–5, 118–20, 134–38, 152, 170, 194, 229, 273, 275, 284, 316, 318–20, 322, 373–74, 383–84, 388, 389, 398, 422n, 448
Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 369–70, 448
Pihl, Captain Paul, 247
Pihl, Charlotte, 247, 384
Pink Star (freighter), 93
Pius XII, Pope, 291
Placentia Bay Conference, 86–89
Plan Dog, 135
Poland, 266–68, 424–25, 445–46, 460
Port Arthur, 426
Port Moresby, 160–62
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles, 124, 126–27, 160, 225, 226, 228–31, 260, 261, 263, 311, 312, 418
Potsdam Conference, 452n, 459–61, 463, 466
Potsdam Declaration, 463
Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley, 124, 127, 162, 225, 227–29, 261, 263
Powder, Sergeant James, 26, 126, 421
Prelude to War (film), 167
Presidential elections
1932, 35, 37
1936, 35, 37, 45, 101
1940, 49–50, 58–60, 67, 378
1944, 295, 353–55, 376–81, 397–405, 405
Prettyman, Arthur, 436
QUADRANT, 280–85, 303, 386
Quebec Conference, 1944 (OCTAGON), 386–89, 393
Quebec Conference, 1943 (QUADRANT), 280–85, 303, 386
Queen Mary, 256, 258
Quezon, Manuel, 135, 136
Rabaul, 170, 172–74, 203, 230–32, 239, 263, 272, 273, 275, 284, 452
Randolph, A. Philip, 54–55, 57
Rankin, Jeannette, 111
Rasputin, 421
Rayburn, Sam, 19, 85, 91, 310, 349–50, 358, 378
Red Army, 80, 95, 158, 175, 222, 268, 308, 407, 420, 421, 424, 425, 430, 461
Reilly, Mike, 60, 122, 234–35, 300, 403
Remagen bridge, 429
RENO III, 318–19
Reparations, 422, 460
Revolutionary War, 344
Reynolds, Quentin, 95
Rhine River, 405, 408, 416, 418, 429
Richardson, James, 72
Richardson, Robert, Jr., 370–72, 382, 385
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 352
RINGBOLT, 199
Rogers, Will, 103
Rome, Italy, 291, 357
Rommel, Erwin, 29, 180, 232, 241, 326
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 30, 56, 57, 59, 77, 122–23, 143, 177, 253, 339, 346, 356, 404, 441
Madame Chiang and, 254
marriage of, 32
newspaper column of, 344
physical appearance of, 32
on Roosevelt’s character, 34, 236, 290, 357
Roosevelt’s death and, 442
servicemen and, 344
Roosevelt, Elliott, 87–89, 232, 302, 340
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 4, 9, 339, 469, 473
addresses to Congress, 7, 15–16, 139
aid to Britain and, 29–33, 40–43, 51–53, 61–64, 66–67, 73, 76, 85, 89, 90, 181
aid to Giraud and, 250–51
antisubmarine warfare and, 243
ARCADIA Conference and, 121–24, 129–30
Army and Navy promotions and, 412–14
Arnold and, 24n, 52, 258
as assistant secretary of the navy, 38, 40
Atlantic Charter and, 90
atomic bomb and, 164–65, 283–84, 454
burial of, 441–42
cabinet meetings of, 12–13
Cairo Conference and, 299, 302, 304, 310, 346
Caribbean cruise of, 62–63
Casablanca Conference and, 222, 223, 225, 226, 230–32, 234–36, 271, 461
cerebral hemorrhage of, 436
Chiang Kai-shek and, 251, 253–55
China and, 94, 102, 103, 265, 296, 304, 312, 419
Churchill and, 14, 29, 40–43, 62–63, 86–90, 92, 121–23, 129–30, 141n, 178–81, 264, 280, 283–84, 290, 292, 365–67
De Gaulle and, 234–36, 251, 332–33, 362–65
death of, 436, 441
direct line to military planners and, 26–27
Doolittle Raid and, 156–57
draft and, 46–50, 54, 58–59, 85
duplicity of, 266
Eisenhower and, 233, 303–4, 333, 412, 419
Eleanor on character of, 34, 236, 290, 357
European Jews and, 347–48
European strategy and, 11–12, 158, 159, 176–82, 185, 186, 189, 256–57, 259, 264, 276, 278–79, 327, 328, 332, 356, 358, 360, 365–67, 419
fireside chats of, 64, 92, 112, 142, 210, 344, 357, 358, 360
“garden hose” speech by, 63
German declaration of war and, 112
on global strategy, 175–76
health of, 258, 356–58, 377, 379–80, 393, 398, 415, 419, 426–27, 435–36
Hopkins and, 13
informality of, 27
integration of armed forces and, 54–57, 143–45
Italy and, 292–93
Japanese Americans and, 147
Japanese war preparations and, 82–83, 95, 103, 105, 107
Joint Chiefs and Combined Chiefs of Staff and, 130–32
Katyn Forest massacre and, 267–68, 347
King and, 112–14, 190, 192–94, 196, 201–2, 211, 248–49, 287, 311, 323, 442
Knox and, 37–38
Leahy and, 196, 248–49, 311, 442
Lend-Lease and, 64, 66–67, 73, 80, 85, 94
MacArthur and, 101, 136, 137, 287, 322, 353–54, 373, 382, 383
Madame Chiang and, 254
Malta Conference and, 416, 419
map room of, 140–41
marriage to Eleanor, 32
Mediterranean peace feelers and, 433–34
midterm elections (1942) and, 205, 213–14
military appropriations asked for by, 15, 21–22
Morgenthau and, 21–22, 390, 391
morning routine of, 12
National Defense Advisory Committee and, 45–46
naval policy and, 38, 72–76, 89, 90, 92, 192–93
New Deal and, 44, 45, 342–45
North Africa and, 187, 206, 215, 217, 218, 278
OVERLORD and, 332, 356, 358, 360
Pacific strategy and, 134, 151, 175, 184–85, 189, 205–6, 211, 259, 376, 382–84, 425–26
paralysis of, 14–15, 27, 357
Patton and, 336n
Pearl Harbor attack and, 3, 5–8, 111, 398–99, 401–3
Pearl Harbor meeting and, 379, 381–84
personality of, 28
Philippines and, 136, 137
physical appearance of, 7, 377, 380–81, 393, 419, 427, 435–36
Placentia Bay Conference, 86–89
Poland and, 424–25
postwar Germany and, 390–96, 422–23
presidential elections and (see Presidential elections)
press and, 169n, 256, 266, 291, 342–43
Quebec Conference (1943) and, 283–84<
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Quebec Conference (1944) and, 386–87, 393
religious beliefs of, 89
Russia and, 80, 82, 175–77, 267–68
School of Military Government, 208–9
size of army and, 406, 408
sons of, 340
“stab in the back” address, 32–33, 38
Stalin and, 176, 267–68, 310, 423, 428
Stark and, 42–43, 47, 76
Stilwell on, 313
Stimson and, 36–39, 53–54, 82, 130, 179, 188–89, 270, 294, 396
strikes and, 269, 351–52
study of, 11
“supreme commander” concept and, 127, 129–30
Tehran Conference and, 298, 306–11, 346, 421
third term issue, 48–49
trip on USS Iowa, 300–2
Truman and, 443
unconditional surrender issue and, 235–36, 271, 292, 447, 461
United Nations and, 345–46, 423–25, 434, 435
unlimited national emergency declared by, 76–77, 85
veterans and, 344–45
war production and, 139–40, 209–10, 219
war scenarios and, 65
Washington Conference and, 258, 259, 264–65
women in life of, 247
Woodring and, 33–34
Yalta Conference and, 415, 420–28
Yamamoto’s death and, 248–49
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr., 32, 234, 302, 340
Roosevelt, James, 340, 379–80
Roosevelt, John, 340
Roosevelt, Theodore, 35–37, 42
Roper, Elmo, 38
Rosenman, Sam, 47, 59, 76, 77, 382, 403
Rough Riders, 37
ROUNDHAMMER, 185, 262, 277, 279
ROUNDUP, 158, 160, 172, 175, 177, 178, 181, 185–89, 199, 203, 226, 227, 237, 257, 259, 261–62, 312, 407
Rubber, 209–10
Rundstedt, Field Marshall Gerd von, 326
Russian Maritime Provinces, 103
Rutherford, Lucy Mercer, 435–36
S-1 section, 165
St. Vith, Belgium, 411
Saipan, 170, 316, 361, 368–71, 374, 376, 381, 448, 449, 451, 452
Sakhalin Island, 425, 426
San Juan Hill, 37
Santa Cruz, 173
Sato, Naotake, 466
Savo Island, 199, 201–3, 241
Scharnhorst (German cruiser), 69
Scheer (German cruiser), 69
School of Military Government, 207–9
Schulman, Sammy, 235
Selective Service Act, 48, 58, 68, 84
Seligman, Morton, 169
Sequoia (yacht), 116
SEXTANT, 299, 302, 304, 310, 319, 320, 346
Seymour, Charles, 329
Sherman, Forrest, 389
Sherman tank, 181
Sherwood, Robert, 13, 63–64, 74n, 76, 403
Shoho (Japanese carrier), 161
Shokaku (Japanese carrier), 161, 369
Short, Walter, 398, 402–3
Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 435–36
Sicily, 223, 227, 232, 237, 242, 256, 259, 271, 275, 291, 294
Siegfried Line, 405, 416
Sikorski, General Wladyslaw, 267–68
Singapore, 100, 105, 118, 123, 134
SLEDGEHAMMER, 158–60, 179, 180–82, 185–86, 188, 189, 262, 284
Slovik, Eddie, 406
Smedberg, William, 456
Smith, Harold, 21
Smith, Holland M., 272, 368, 370–72, 376
Smith, Ralph, 370–71
Smith, Walter Bedell “Beetle,” 23, 24n, 26, 30, 188, 305n, 335, 336, 416–18
Solomon Islands, 150–52, 170, 172, 173, 198, 199, 201, 203–5, 211, 212, 220, 240, 264, 272
Somers, Andrew, 91
Somervell, Brehon, 68, 226, 286–88, 349, 471
Somerville, Admiral Sir James, 282n
Soong, T. V., 255, 296, 297
Soryu (Japanese carrier), 169
South-East Asia Command (SEAC), 284
Spanish-American War, 37, 70, 93, 207
Spruance, Raymond, 238, 272, 320, 369, 370, 371, 374, 414n
Stalin, Josef, 79, 80, 94, 95, 125, 141, 158, 175–77, 179, 187, 219n, 227, 267–68, 294, 328, 347, 356, 366, 386, 443
Berlin and, 446–47
health of, 415
Mediterranean peace feelers and, 433–34
Pacific strategy and, 425–26
personality of, 423
Poland and, 424–25
postwar Germany and, 422
Potsdam Conference and, 460–61
Roosevelt and, 176, 267–68, 310, 423, 428
Tehran Conference and, 298–99, 306–11
Truman and, 445–46, 460–61
United Nations and, 424
Yalta Conference and, 415, 421–28
Stalingrad, 222, 227
Stark, Harold L. “Betty,” 65, 69, 71, 73, 86, 89, 101, 124, 125, 135, 192, 194, 195, 398, 402–3, 443
aid to Britain and, 41–42, 53, 66, 67
draft and, 48, 50
Eisenhower on, 149
Japanese war preparations and, 2, 103–6
King and, 113–15, 190
Pearl Harbor and, 2, 7, 154, 473
Roosevelt and, 42–43, 47, 76
“supreme commander” concept and, 126–27, 129
war scenarios and, 65, 67
State, Department of, 66, 208, 233, 235, 292, 347, 379, 390, 467
Stettinius, Edward, 45, 425, 426, 445, 446
Stilwell, Joseph “Vinegar Joe,” 149, 241, 253n, 254–55, 262, 296–97, 305, 313, 419n
Stimson, Mabel, 36, 39, 40, 218, 247, 338, 339, 454, 458, 464, 470
Stimson, Secretary of War Henry Lewis, 4–5, 33, 61, 73, 76, 83, 97–98, 118, 125, 131, 195, 204, 217, 223, 264, 268, 294, 340, 348, 374, 412, 414, 433
aid to Britain and, 51–53, 64, 66, 67
aid to Giraud and, 250–51
antisubmarine warfare and, 243–45
Army-Navy relations and, 149, 154
Arnold and, 257
atomic bomb and, 165–66, 454–60, 463, 470
background of, 35–36, 38, 164
bomber ownership issue and, 154
Churchill and, 179, 276–79
De Gaulle and, 363–65
death of, 470
detroyers-for-bases agreement and, 42, 43
Dill and, 328–30
Doolittle Raid and, 157
draft and, 48, 50, 58–59, 86, 90–91, 406
European strategy and, 158, 160, 178, 181, 224, 271, 276–79, 293–94, 309, 408, 410, 411
health of, 36–37
integration of armed forces and, 56–58, 143
Japanese Americans and, 145–47
Japanese war preparations and, 103–5
King and, 154, 178, 473
Knox and, 338–39
leisure activities of, 40, 247
MacArthur and, 137, 295, 321
Manhattan Project and, 349, 350
Marshall and, 39, 154, 288–89, 470
naval policy and, 74, 75
North Africa and, 182, 218
OVERLORD and, 356
Pacific strategy and, 183–85, 449, 453, 461–62
Patton and, 337
Pearl Harbor investigation and, 398
personality of, 158
Philippines and, 123, 134–36
physical appearance of, 35–36
postwar Germany and, 391–95
postwar years and, 469–70
Potsdam Conference and, 459, 463
Roosevelt and, 36–39, 53–54, 82, 130, 179, 1
88–89, 270, 294, 396
Roosevelt’s death and, 442
School of Military Government, 207–9
selection of generals and, 334
Senate confirmation of, 38–39
strikes and, 269, 351–52
surrender of Japan and, 466–67
Truman and, 350, 443–46, 455, 458, 459, 469
Truman Committee and, 68
ultimatum to Japan and, 462–63
war production and, 53
war scenarios and, 65
working routine of, 39
Stimson Doctrine, 36
Stone, Harlan, 442
Strategic air campaign, 24, 153, 237–39, 284, 335, 348, 368–69
Stratemeyer, George, 239
Straus, Gladys Guggenheim, 21
Suckley, Daisy, 377, 436
Summersby, Kay, 303
Sumner, Jessie, 288
SUPER-GYMNAST, 125, 185
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 326, 328, 331, 332, 410
Sutherland, Richard, 238, 319
SYMBOL, 223
Szilárd, Leó, 164
Taft, Robert, 76, 429
Taft, William Howard, 35, 38, 250
Taiho (Japanese carrier), 369
Tarawa, 316, 317, 323, 330, 340, 370
Tehran Conference (EUREKA), 298, 299, 306–11, 328, 346, 421
Telek (dog), 303
Thailand, 103–5
Theobold, Robert, 152
Thomas, Cora, 341
Tinian, 170, 316, 368, 369, 448, 463
Tobruk, 180
Togo, Shigenori, 102n
Tojo, General Hideki, 94, 100, 106, 157, 381
Toland, John, 102n
TORCH, 188, 189, 198, 199, 203, 206, 211, 242, 302, 312, 357
Towers, John, 319
Transportation Plan, 331–32
TRIDENT, 256–65, 272
Triumph and Tragedy (Churchill), 367n
Truk, 170, 229, 263, 316, 322, 368, 452
Truman, Harry S., 68, 165–66, 288, 350, 384
atomic bomb and, 453–57, 460, 462, 463, 465–66
background of, 444
becomes president, 442
briefing of, 443–44
MacArthur and, 445
1944 presidential election and, 378, 381
Pacific strategy and, 449, 451–53
personality of, 442
Poland and, 445–46
Potsdam Conference and, 459, 460
Stalin and, 445–46, 460–61
Stimson and, 350, 443–46, 455, 458, 459, 469
surrender of Japan and, 466–67
ultimatum to Japan and, 462
Truman Committee, 68, 372, 444
Truscott, Lucian K., 188, 241, 275, 336
TUBE ALLOYS “S-1,” 283
Tulagi, 172–74, 198, 199
Tully, Grace, 7, 140, 215, 357, 377
Tunisia, 206, 218, 227, 232–33, 241, 242, 275, 303