Overview
- A comprehensive biography based on archival sources
- Offers a new perspective on flashpoints of US diplomatic history
- Provides an inside account of the dramatic moments of World War II
Part of the book series: The World of the Roosevelts (WOOROO)
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Frank Knox served as Secretary of the Navy during some of the most eventful years in U.S. naval history, his tenure coinciding with a number of dramas such as the innovative 1940 bases-for-destroyers initiative (which he conceptualized prior to entering the administration), the undeclared naval war in the Atlantic against Germany’s U-boats in 1941, the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the subsequent naval war in the Pacific, and naval landings in North Africa and Italy. Knox’s most important contribution to the war effort was his leadership in building a 1,000-ship fleet, without which the much-heralded landings and battles might never have been possible. In this comprehensive biography, Christopher D. O’Sullivan offers a portrait of the Roughrider in FDR’s cabinet.
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About the author
Christopher D. O'Sullivan is the author of several books, including FDR and the End of Empire (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012) and Sumner Welles, Postwar Planning and the Quest for a New World Order (2009) which won the American Historical Association's Gutenberg Prize. He teaches history at the University of San Francisco and is a recipient of their Innovations in Teaching Award as well as their Distinguished Lecturer Award and was a Fulbright Visiting Professor at the University of Jordan.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Frank Knox
Book Subtitle: Roughrider in FDR’s War Cabinet
Authors: Christopher D. O’Sullivan
Series Title: The World of the Roosevelts
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33650-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33649-2Published: 05 July 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33652-2Due: 28 August 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-33650-8Published: 04 July 2023
Series ISSN: 2578-7225
Series E-ISSN: 2634-5285
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 232
Topics: US History, History of World War II and the Holocaust, Modern History