Masters and Commanders

Award-winning historian Andrew Roberts describes the grand strategy of the Second World War afreshMasters and Commanders describes how four titanic figures shaped the grand strategy of the West during the Second World War. Each was exceptionally tough-willed and strong minded, and each was certain that he knew best how to win the war. Yet each knew that he had to win at least two of the others over in order to get his strategy adopted. The book traces the mutual suspicion and admiration, the rebuffs and the charm, the often explosive disagreements and wary reconciliations which resulted.

“'This is an important book which … sees Mr Roberts lay claim to the title of Britain's finest contemporary military historian' Economist'A masterpiece of robust historical analysis, steeped in scholarship and alive to every nuance of personality' Daily Express'His interpretation of British/US strategic relations is unlikely to be superseded' - Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times”

'This is an important book which ! sees Mr Roberts lay claim to the title of Britain's finest contemporary military historian' Economist 'A masterpiece of robust historical analysis, steeped in scholarship and alive to every nuance of personality' Daily Express 'His interpretation of British/US strategic relations is unlikely to be superseded' - Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose previous books include Salisbury- Victorian Titan (1999), which won the Wolfson History Prize and the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Non-Fiction; Napoleon and Wellington (2001); Hitler and Churchill- Secrets of Leadership (2003), which coincided with four-part BBC2 history series, and A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 (2005). Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Society of Arts. He appears regularly on British television and radio and writes for the Sunday Telegraph, the Spectator, the Literary Review, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph.

'Scintillating historical writing on the whole rich panorama of Britain and the US at war' Martin Gilbert, Evening Standard'A gripping read … his finest book yet' Saul David, Sunday TelegraphDuring the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Churchill and Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall. Each man was tough-willed and strong minded. And each was certain he knew best how to achieve victory.Drawing on previously unpublished material, including for the first time verbatim reports of Churchill's War Cabinet meetings, Andrew Roberts's acclaimed history recreates with vivid immediacy the fiery debates and political manoeuvrings, the rebuffs and the charm, the explosive rows and dramatic reconciliations, as the masters and commanders of the Western Alliance fought each other over the best way to fight Adolf Hitler.'A masterly and fresh interpretation of the grand strategy of World War II … amusing and often acerbic' John Crossland, Daily Mail'Britain's finest contemporary military historian' Economist'A masterpiece' Christopher Silvester, Daily Express'His interpretation of British/US strategic relations is unlikely to be superseded … Churchill emerges from the story greater than ever' Vernon Bogdanor, Financial Times

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