{"product_id":"1944-9781501125362","title":"1944","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJay Winik brings to life in gripping detail the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"To understand the 20th century, you need to understand 1944. With his usual great research and storytelling talent, Jay Winik makes that dramatic year come alive.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Walter Isaacson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Innovators\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Posing as a book on President Roosevelt in 1944, this extraordinary book is in fact a compelling, comprehensive history of the Second World War told from FDR’s point of view, certainly, but also featuring profound insights into Churchill, Hitler, the ordinary soldiers and civilians, and the monstrous suffering of Europe’s Jews. The width of the canvas is astonishing. 1944 might have been, as Winik calls it, 'The year that changed history', but \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that will change history-writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Andrew Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eMasters and Commander: How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A gifted storyteller with a proven talent for finding universal meaning in particular historical moments, Jay Winik has now turned his attention to 1944, an epochal year that shaped the way we live now. With grace and energy, he tells a vital story well, bringing those distant days back to vivid life. This is a terrific read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Jon Meacham, author of \u003ci\u003eFranklin and Winston\u003c\/i\u003e and the Pulitzer-winning \u003ci\u003eAmerican Lion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jay Winik is a master storyteller and in \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e he has a horrifying, mesmerizing story to tell. FDR was a great hero of World War II, but as Winik shows, even the wisest of men can have moral blind spots. With drama, power, and passion, Winik brings to life a magnificent and terrible time.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Evan Thomas, author of \u003ci\u003eIke's Bluff\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeing Nixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jay Winik is a master of the historical moment. His \u003ci\u003eApril 1865\u003c\/i\u003e distilled the Civil War and Reconstruction into a few fraught weeks. \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e fittingly encompasses more time, as his canvas is larger, but it delivers the same insight and impact, in similarly vivid and compelling prose. A wonderful book!\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--H. W. Brands, author of \u003ci\u003eTraitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An accomplished popular historian unpacks the last full year of World War II and the excruciatingly difficult decisions facing Franklin Roosevelt. . . . Winik asks whether, by focusing so wholly on winning the war, Roosevelt missed 'his own Emancipation Proclamation moment,' the chance to make the war about something bigger, specifically `the vast humanitarian tragedy occurring in Nazi-controlled Europe.’ . . .  The author's fair assessment of the evidence, detailed scene-setting, deft storytelling, and sure-handed grasp of this many-stranded narrative will inspire any reader to rethink this issue. Do we ask too much of Roosevelt or too little? A complex history rendered with great color and sympathy.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Nimbly toggling between hemispheres, Winik knits familiar WWII headlines with surprising details from leaders' lives. . . . His recounting of concentration-camp logistics is haunting, and the tales of those who tried desperately to stop the mass murder have cinematic force. . . . Winik's vision of an alternate universe--in which an earlier end to Auschwitz creates a world that prizes goodness--is hard to buy yet easy to crave. But . . . there's no reason history can't change the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Lily Rothman, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Compelling. . . . This dramatic account highlights what too often has been glossed over—that as nobly as the Greatest Generation fought under FDR’s command, America could well have done more to thwart Nazi aggression.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Gripping. . . . Winik tells [the story] well. . . . Haunting.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jay Winik is a master of the \u003ci\u003eannus magnus\u003c\/i\u003e school of history, in which the past can best be fathomed and told by ferreting out individual seminal years. . . . Winik is an effective storyteller. He expertly weaves together several strands of his narrative. . . . His riveting story of the abject moral indifference to what we now know was good enough evidence of what was going on at such places as Auschwitz and Treblinka makes his indictment all the more powerful.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Winik is] a lively storyteller with a nice eye for detail. . . . If you aren't familiar with the terrible tale of the Roosevelt administration's unwillingness to take decisive action to prevent the mass slaughter of European Jewry, you're likely to be shocked by much of what you read in \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jay Winik puts his own mark on the events of 1944 with this new volume, building on his earlier bestsellers. . . . As he sets the stage for the events of 1944, Winik paints a very dark and unflattering picture of the Allied reaction to the increasing German discrimination and harassment of Jews in Germany and occupied countries, showing the incredible bureaucratic indifference to the plight of European Jews fleeing for safety. . . . A shocking spin on the usual historiography of 1944 as the year the Allies decisively turned the war toward victory.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Covers the broad sweep of the war in one volume, with sprightly prose and a few literary touches. . . . \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e also succeeds because Winik keeps the fascinating, poignant figure of Roosevelt in the spotlight.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Winik gives] a heartbreaking description of the horrors of Auschwitz. . . . An important book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLincoln Journal Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jay Winik's ambitious new book addresses the destruction of the Jews during the Second World War. . . . Powerful. . . . Winik admires FDR, but he tempers his respect with stern criticisms of a president famed for his humanitarianism who nevertheless failed to act decisively when presented with incontrovertible facts.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] animated tale of how the Holocaust tragically shifted into highest gear, even as the Allies turned the tide in the second world war. . . . Mr. Winik [is] a talented storyteller.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Vivid . . . memorable.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In his new book, \u003ci\u003e1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History\u003c\/i\u003e, author Jay Winik wallops us with America's shortcomings under President Franklin Roosevelt in responding to the Jewish emergency.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Many books have been written about World War Two. Many more about the Holocaust. But few, if any, have told both stories in parallel to such dramatic and awful effect. . . . in compelling detail and with a clear sense of how events seemed at the time.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --BookFilter.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Monumental. . . . Winik has the mesmerizing gift of broad analysis that culminates in a clear vision of those war years 70 years ago. . . . Read it and weep isn’t the moral of \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e. Read it and learn, however, is the key.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--NBC2.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winik . . . turns his attention to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in this fast-paced history of the year the world was at a crossroads. . . . \u003ci\u003e1944\u003c\/i\u003e is a bracing war story about an inspiring president who led the Allies to victory but missed opportunities to save countless lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Jane Ciabattari, BBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Winik uses the same novelistic approach as he did in \u003ci\u003eApril 1865: The Month That Saved America \u003c\/i\u003e(Harper, 2001), to draw readers into the high drama of that pivotal period of WWII.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As he did so masterfully in \u003ci\u003eApril 1865\u003c\/i\u003e, Winik focuses on one crucial period and illuminates the ways in which that time affected the course of American history.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s gratifying to hear someone called a public historian, as the \u003ci\u003eBaltimore Sun\u003c\/i\u003e said of Winik. . . . Here he follows up his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling\u003ci\u003e The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e with a study of one crucial year in the wartime administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Barbara Hoffert,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brilliantly constructed. . . . Winik is a masterful storyteller. . . . The book serves as a reminder of the dangers of demagoguery [and] may enlighten a generation.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBuffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Given the recent tragedies relating to Syrian and other refugees from around the world, Jay Winik’s \u003ci\u003e1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely read. You will also find confirmation that history does repeat itself, tragically in this case.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eOrange County Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531335934295,"sku":"9781501125362","price":20.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501125362.jpg?v=1731882705","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/1944-9781501125362","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}