| Description |
xxxv, 324 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index. |
| Contents |
A blur of strange occurrences -- A decade of newsreels -- Impressions of war-torn Britain -- The kind of man Roosevelt hired -- "What have I got to lose?: -- A journey with Roosevelt -- "The best Jew is a dead Jew" -- The Avery Brundage effect -- Quarantine -- "An orgy of sadism" -- A "dangerous people to have around in large numbers" -- "Chased like an animal" -- "No cause for alarm" -- "Fear of the hordes" -- "With a determined resolve" -- "The crime of the bureaucrats" -- Bermuda and Warsaw -- "We shall no longer witness with pity alone" -- "Relief, like water to the thirsty" -- Contact with Karski -- Counterforces -- A sense of agony? -- Why I call myself a Rooseveltian -- This is what's happening. |
| Summary |
To Robert Beir, Roosevelt was a hero. At an early age the author became a "Rooseveltian." In mid-life however, Beir experienced a conflict. New research was questioning Roosevelt's record regarding the Holocaust.The author felt compelled to undertake a historian's quest. How much did President Roosevelt know about the Holocaust? What could Roosevelt have done? Why wasn't there an urgent rescue effort? |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Beir, Robert L., 1918-
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Jews -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Josepher, Brian.
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| ISBN |
1569803110 (pbk.) |
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9781569803110 (pbk.) |
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