"Without question this is an important new addition to World War
II and Cold War historiography.... Highly recommended." Douglas
Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The
Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter s Journey beyond the White
House
"A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study of Louis Johnson
s life and career. Now only half-remembered, ... Johnson was a
major national figure. Colorful, aggressive, independent-minded,
egotistical, his strong views and conflicts with Dean Acheson
proved to be his undoing. All in all, a fascinating tale." James R.
Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense
"McFarland and Roll have performed a real service in rescuing
from obscurity this Democratic mover and shaker. Their account of
the rise and fall of Louis Johnson provides us with the fullest
depiction yet of an important Washington figure employed for better
or worse as a blunt instrument of policy change by both Franklin
Roosevelt and Harry Truman." Alonzo L. Hamby, author of Man of the
People: A Life of Harry S. Truman and For the Survival of
Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s
" Johnson s] career is a cautionary tale of how even the most
ruthlessly effective men can become pawns in the Washington power
game. McFarland and Roll bring Johnson to life in this thorough and
well-told history." Evan Thomas, Newsweek, author of Robert
Kennedy: His Life and The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the
CIA
Louis Johnson was FDR s Assistant Secretary of War and the
architect of the industrial mobilization plans that put the nation
on a war footing prior to its entry into World War II. Later, as
Truman s Secretary of Defense, Johnson was given the difficult job
of unifying the armed forces and carrying out Truman s orders to
dramatically reduce defense expenditures. In both administrations,
he was asked to confront and carry out extremely unpopular
initiatives massive undertakings that each president believed were
vital to the nation s security and economic welfare. Johnson s
conflicts with Henry Morganthau, Secretary of War Harry H.
Woodring, Winston Churchill, Harry Hopkins, Dean Acheson, Averell
Harriman, and Paul Nitze find contemporary parallels in the recent
disagreements between the national defense establishment and the
State Department."
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