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" Masters and commanders : "
Andrew Roberts
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BL
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688752
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b510941
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| Main Entry
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Roberts, Andrew,1963-
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| Title & Author
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Masters and commanders : : how four titans won the war in the west, 1941-1945 /\ Andrew Roberts
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1st U.S. ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper,, ©2009
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xl, 673 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0061228575
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: 9780061228575
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| Notes
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"First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Allen Lane"--Title page verso
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Previous ed. has subtitle: how Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall, and Alanbrooke won the war in the West
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-624) and index
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| Abstract
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A joint profile of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and their armed forces commanders Alan Brooke and George C. Marshall evaluates the pivotal ways in which they determined the strategies of allied forces during World War II, in an account that reveals their divergent agendas and tense efforts to collaborate or outmaneuver each other
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Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke,1883-1963-- Military leadership
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Churchill, Winston,1874-1965-- Military leadership
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Marshall, George C., (George Catlett),1880-1959-- Military leadership
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Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano),1882-1945-- Military leadership
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Combined operations (Military science)
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World War, 1939-1945, Biography
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World War, 1939-1945-- Diplomatic history
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