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The Pare Lorentz Center at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum added narration to archival film, photographs and audio recordings to tell the story of FDR during World …

First lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret wartime visit to see American troops on the South Pacific’s front lines was recounted at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. …

The life and work of storied World War II journalist Ernie Pyle was remembered in a talk delivered at the 2023 Roosevelt Reading Festival, hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Li…

Historian and former CIA officer Nicholas Reynolds explored the birth of the U.S. intelligence service and explained its contributions to Allied victory in World War II. The Franklin D. Roos…

Author David McKean talked about President Franklin Roosevelt’s ambassadors in London, Berlin, Rome, Paris, and Moscow - and how all but one misjudged the rise of Hitler and the Third Reich.…

Lew Paper talked about his book, In the Cauldron: Terror, Tension, and the American Ambassador’s Struggle to Avoid Pearl Harbor, in which he recounted the efforts of former U.S. Ambassador t…

Historian Richard Breitman talked about his book, he Berlin Mission: The American Who Resisted Nazi Germany from Within, in which he recalled the efforts of Raymond Geist, an American consul…

Biographer David Roll talked about his book, George Marshall: Defender of the Republic, in which he recalled the life of military leader George Marshall, who served as President Franklin Roo…

Former Army transportation specialist Sandra Bolzenius talked about her book, Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took on the Army During World War II, in which she recalled the effo…

Historian James Lacey talked about his book, The Washington War: FDR’s Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II, in which he recounted the infighting in the Roosevelt adm…

Marc Wortman talked about his book 1941: Fighting the Shadow War: A Divided America in a World at War, in which he examines America’s secret forays into World War II prior to the attack on P…

Steve Twomey talked about his book Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack, in which he provides a history of the twelve days leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harb…

Mordecai Lee, governmental affairs professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, recounted the U.S. government’s public relations efforts to promote the American entry into World War I…

Former national security official Philip Padgett reported on Operation Overlord, the amphibious military operation that took place on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

Susan Dunn, humanities professor at Williams College, recounted FDR’s efforts to ready America militarily for World War II.

Walter Borneman talked about his book MacArthur at War: World War II in the Pacific, in which he examines General Douglas MacArthur’s leadership in the Pacific theater during World War II. …

Molly Guptill Manning talked about her book, When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II. The 2015 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt…

Susan Butler talked about her book, Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership, about the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin. In h…

Joseph Persico talked about his book, Roosevelt' s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roose…

Cheryl Mullenbach talked about her book, Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by t…