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"Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made" by Derek Leebaert

By Joe Donahue
Published March 13, 2023 at 11:15 AM EDT
St. Martin's Press

Only four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration from the frightening early months of spring 1933 until he died in April 1945, on the cusp of wartime victory. Derek Leebaert writes about his in his book, "Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made."

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