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Franklin and Winston

Jon Meacham talked about his book, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, published by Random House. President Fr… read more

Jon Meacham talked about his book, Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship, published by Random House. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill were the leaders of World War II who set the stage for the modern world. The book explores the relationship between the two men. It was a friendship in which the two world leaders spent much time together (113 days during the war) in a variety of places and exchanged nearly two thousand messages. They talked to each other of war, politics, the burden of command, their health, their wives, and their children. Mr. Meacham also described how their relationships with their parents shaped their interactions. The book utilizes new sources including unpublished letters of President Roosevelt’s secret love, Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the papers of Pamela Churchill Harriman, and interviews with the few surviving people who knew Roosevelt and Churchill. close

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First Aired:
Feb 15, 2004 | 7:59pm EST | C-SPAN 1
Last Aired:
Mar 05, 2008 | 3:04am EST | C-SPAN 3

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  • Feb 15, 2004 | 7:59pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 15, 2004 | 11:00pm EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Feb 16, 2004 | 5:59am EST | C-SPAN 1
  • Sep 13, 2007 | 2:20am EDT | C-SPAN 3
  • Mar 05, 2008 | 3:04am EST | C-SPAN 3
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