The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history. Author Cherny brings together newly unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and fresh primary interviews to tell the story of the ill-assorted group of castoffs and second-stringers who not only saved millions of desperate people from a dire threat but changed how the...

Evaluates the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt in saving the Jews during World War II, revealing a compassionate president torn by domestic and wartime priorities who did act in some circumstances to aid the Jews, despite opposition from his advisers.