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Praise for Roosevelt's Secret War, a New York Times Notable Book<br> <br> Explores--with judicious historical zest and a fine eye for detail--the hallucinatory world of snooping, concealments, betrayals and confidence games played for world-history stakes. -- Time <br> <br> A well-paced and memorable account . . . Persico obviously admires his subject. This entertaining and thoughtful book shows there was much to admire. --The New York Times <br> <br> Surprises abound. . . . A worthwhile addition to the bulging bookshelves of World War II. --The Philadelphia Inquirer <br> <br> [Persico] is a polished storyteller and offers new insight into the tumultuous years of Roosevelt's last two terms. --The Denver Post

<p>Advance praise for Joe Persico's Roosevelt's Centurions <br> When I was a boy growing up in the South Bronx, my heroes were Roosevelt's centurions. As a soldier for thirty-five years, I made them my mentors and models. These men were heroes. They were fallible and occasionally vain, but we were certainly blessed to have such Americans leading the Greatest Generation during the world's greatest conflict. Of course, the greatest centurion of them all was FDR himself, who knew how to lead his commanders, stroke their egos, and get the best from them, yet never left any doubt as to who was commander in chief. Joe Persico, my valued collaborator on my memoirs, has brought his formidable talents to bear to bring the centurions to life. He is at the top of his game in this defining classic. --Colin L. Powell, General, U.S. Army (Retired) <br> Joseph E. Persico has done it again! Roosevelt's Centurions is a riveting, analytic recounting of FDR as top World War II strategist. Nobody before has written on Roosevelt as talent scout with the brilliant insight of Persico. I found Persico's elucidation of the FDR--George Marshall relationship marvelous. A grand book for the ages! --Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite <br> Benefiting from his years of studying Franklin Roosevelt and his times, Joseph Persico has brought us a briskly paced story with much wisdom and new insights on FDR, his military liege men, World War II, and political and military leadership. --Michael Beschloss, author of Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 <br> With rigorous research, a fine eye for detail, and an entertaining ability to recount history, Joe Perisco deftly portrays the men behind the man, in addition to skillfully presenting the star himself, FDR, as recruiter in chief. A must-read for Americans concerned about war leadership then and now. --Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save th

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Joseph E. Persico is the author of Roosevelt's Secret War; Franklin and Lucy; Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour; Piercing the Reich; and Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial, which was made into a television docudrama. He also collaborated with Colin Powell on his autobiography, My American Journey. He lives in Guilderland, New York.

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