V Is for Victory

De: Craig Nelson

Narrado por: Stephen Graybill

Duración: 15 h

Resumen del Editor

New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, “the arsenal of democracy” that won World War II.

As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America’s military was unprepared, too small, and poorly supplied. The Nazis were supported by robust German factories that created a seemingly endless flow of arms, trucks, tanks, airplanes, and submarines. The United States, emerging from the Great Depression, was skeptical of American involvement in Europe and not ready to wage war. Hardened isolationists predicted disaster if the country went to war.

In this fascinating and deeply researched account, Craig Nelson traces how Franklin D. Roosevelt steadily and sometimes secretively put America on a war footing by convincing America’s top industrialists such as Henry Ford Jr. to retool their factories, by diverting the country’s supplies of raw materials to the war effort, and above all by convincing the American people to endure shortages, to work in wartime factories, and to send their sons into harm’s way. Within a few years, the nation’s workers were producing thousands of airplanes and tanks, hundreds of warships and submarines.

Under FDR’s resolute leadership, victory at land and sea and air across the globe began at home in America—a powerful and essential narrative largely overlooked in conventional histories of the war but which, in Nelson’s skilled, authoritative hands, becomes an illuminating and important work destined to become an American history classic.

©2023 Craig Nelson. All rights reserved. (P)2023 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

WWII facts & politics personalities of leaders

Overly detailed about events & personal characteristics. Big theme was patriotism that it seemed assumed to no longer be common.

Good story but hard listen

The substance of the book was good, and I eventually finished it. The narration was not good. It sounded like it was being read by a machine. I stopped several times because it was so frustrating. I'm sorry to give less than a positive review, but this one just didn't sound good to me. It may be fine for someone else. This would be a good book to actually read.

Well done!

Fluid writing, historical insights and smooth narrative. Enjoyable!Craig Nelson delivers an insightful point of view and sparks my interest in history.

Great Story!

I really enjoyed this book. it was well written and narrated. I heard an interview with the author on The History of WW2 podcast that mentioned this book so I immediately looked it up and started listening. Would reccomend to anyone interested in the period.