简介：DavidReynoldsre-examinesthewarleadershipofAmericanpresidentFranklinRoosevelt.Attheheightofwar,Rooseveltinspiredmillionswithstirringvisionsofanewandbetterpost-warworld,butitwasaworldheprobablyknewhewouldneversee.Hewascommanderinchiefofthegreatestmilitarypowertheworldhadknownandyetamanwhoseparalysisfrompoliomadehimpowerlesstoaccomplisheventhemostminorphysicaltasks.FewAmericansknewtheextentofhisdisability. InthisintimatenewbiographysetagainsttheepicofWorldWarTwo,ReynoldsrevealshowRooseveltwasburdenedbysecretsabouthisfailinghealthandstrainedmarriagethat,ifexposed,couldhavedestroyedhispresidency.Enigmatic,secretiveandwithacomplicatedlovelife,America’swheelchairpresidentwasracingtoshapethefuturebeforethepastcaughtupwithhim.WeavingtogethertheconductofthewarinEuropeandthePacific,thehighpoliticsofRoosevelt’sdiplomacywithStalinandChurchillandtheentangledstoriesofthewomenwhosustainedthePresidentinhislastyear,ReynoldsexplorestheimpactofRoosevelt’sgrowingfrailtyonthewar’sendgameandthetaintedpeacethatfollowed.…