Citizens of London (Paperback)

From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Troublesome Young Men,this highly anticipated follow-up tells the inside story of the WWII Anglo-Americanalliance. Widely praised in hardcover by Jon Meacham, Tom Brokaw, WalterIsaacson, Chris Matthews, and others, this New York Times extended list andIndieBound bestseller netted 35,000 copies in five printings in its hardcoveredition.This wonderfully readable World War II history brings to life the development ofAmerica's crucial wartime alliance with England that became so decisive in defeatingHitler. Olson builds a dramatic narrative by focusing on the leading role played by threedynamic American men--Averell Harriman, Edward R. Murrow, and John GilbertWinant--in forging the two countries' "special relationship."