Pulitzer Prize Biography Winner

Roosevelt and Hopkins

by Robert E. Sherwood

Summary

Robert E. Sherwood recounts the wartime partnership between Franklin Roosevelt and his closest adviser, Harry Hopkins, who lived in the White House and carried out delicate missions abroad. Drawing on Hopkins's private papers and his own service in the administration, Sherwood reveals how the two men managed alliances, strategy, and diplomacy during the Second World War. The book is both a dual portrait and an inside history of American leadership in crisis.

Historical Context & Significance

Sherwood worked as a speechwriter in the Roosevelt administration, which gave him direct access to the figures and papers behind this account.