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Roosevelt and Churchill: The Atlantic Charter

The dramatic secret meeting between Churchill and FDR that forged their alliance against global fascism is brought to life in this WWII history.

On August 14, 1941, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a joint declaration of goals for the world after the Second World War. The Atlantic Charter was a powerful statement against tyranny and an important display of the “Special Relationship” between the UK and the US.

Roosevelt and Churchill: The Atlantic Charter tells the story behind this momentous document and the secret meeting that led to its creation. Churchill and Roosevelt barely knew each other when they met off the coast of Newfoundland aboard the USS Augusta. After a desperate dash across the U-boat infested Atlantic, Churchill spent four days at sea with Roosevelt, establishing both a personal friendship and an international alliance that would change the world.

Exploring the lives of both men, the authors also include biographies of those who were vital to the process: Roosevelt’s Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins and foreign policy advisor Sumner Welles; and Churchill’s confidants Lord Beaverbrook, Lord Cadogan, and his son Randolph Churchill.

Michael Kluger, Richard J. Evans

Richard Evans was born in Paris of British parents at the outset of World War Two. After fleeing the German occupation in June 1940, he returned to Paris in 1945 as a child and was later educated at prep school in Sussex and Canford School in Dorset. Served two years National Service, rising to Acting Captain in the British Army and then resumed journalistic career, joining the Evening Standard as tennis and rugby correspondent. Witnessed Winston Churchill's funeral from the crowd in Westminster. In 1965, emigrated to America and began seven years as a foreign correspondent for the London Evening News in New York and later based in Paris. Joined Robert Kennedy's campaign in Indiana and California and subsequently wrote of his assassination. Had Winston Churchill's grandson as his colleague covering the riot-strewn Democratic Convention in Chicago 1968 and also covered Nixon's re-election in 1972. Made three trips to Vietnam and Cambodia during the war, reporting for ABC Radio and the BBC. Evans has written 22 books, including the history of the Davis Cup and an autobiography, The Roving Eye. He lives with his son, Ashley, in Delray Beach, Florida. Michael Kluger graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut where he earned at B.A. in History in 1978. While at Trinity he was awarded the George B. Cooper Prize in British History. Mr. Kluger also attended the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business where he was awarded an M.B.A in Finance in 1980. Kluger is active in making personal private equity investments in health care. He was a founding partner of Altaris Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm that focuses exclusively on the health care industry. Prior to launching Altaris in 2002, Kluger spent a decade as a founding partner of Liberty Partners, and before that he held various positions in Merrill Lynch’s investment banking and private equity groups. Kluger is currently on the Board of the Posse Foundation and a Trustee of Trinity College. He has also served on the Board of the Mark Twain Library in Redding, Connecticut. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida with his wife, Heidi Greene. They have two children, August and Anna, who both live and work in New York City.

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