Stanley Weintraub's Books
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MacArthur's WarDouglas MacArthur towers over twentieth-century American history. His fame is based chiefly on his World War II service in the Philippines. Yet Korea,...Read More -
Charlotte and LionelCharlotte was young and beautiful. Lionel, almost ten years older, was rich and her cousin. Theirs was an arranged betrothal joining two branches of...Read More
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General Washington's Christmas FarewellOne of America's greatest Christmas stories and also one of its very first -- from the period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the...Read More
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11 Days in DecemberIn 11 Days In December, master historian and biographer Stanley Weintraub tells the remarkable story of the Battle of the Bulge as it has never been...Read More
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Iron TearsFor generations, Americans have been taught to view the Revolutionary War as a heroic tale of resistance, exclusively from the perspective of the...Read More
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Silent NightIt was one of history's most powerful -- yet forgotten -- Christmas stories. It took place in the improbable setting of the mud, cold rain and...Read More
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Daily Freeman, December 6, 2012
...Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum WHEN: Friday, 7 p.m. Details: An author talk and book signing with Stanley Weintraub author of Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World At War, December 1941. Contact: Cliff Laube (845) 486-7745...
WDET 101.9FM, November 6, 2012
...A look at presidential campaigns past. Stanley Weintraub talks with Craig about his book, "Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign." Facing a tough road against Thomas E. Dewey, Franklin D. Roosevelt had...
Philadelphia Inquirer, October 7, 2012
...Final Victory FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign By Stanley Weintraub Da Capo Press. 318 pp. $26 Reviewed by Chris Patsilelis On July 20, 1944, while on his way by train to observe the Fifth Marine Division's amphibious landing...
University of Delaware, September 26, 2012
...Glenis Redmond will give a reading from 4:30-6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27, in 206 Kirkbride Hall. Stanley Weintraub will speak and sign copies of his new book on FDR on Sept. 27 at the UD Bookstore. Kirkus Reviews called Final Victory "a well-drawn...
Denver Post, July 22, 2012
...s a perspective on Winston Churchill you hadn't thought of yet: His daughter's. Final Victory, by Stanley Weintraub. How is it (The Denver Post)that FDR managed to prosecute World War II and run a successful re-election campaign?...
Columbus Dispatch, July 18, 2012
...have been any different? In Final Victory, a briskly written history of the presidential election of 1944, historian Stanley Weintraub shows that, while the destination might never have been in serious doubt, the road to it was filled with obstacles...
Seymour Tribune, July 11, 2012
...—“Final Victory: FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign,” by Stanley Weintraub; Da Capo (256 pages, $26) ——— Looking back, it seemed inevitable: Of course Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a fourth term as president...
Cleveland Jewish news, March 27, 2013
...included Patton’s son-in-law who had been captured during fighting in North Africa. In the words of historian Stanley Weintraub, “Nine GIs in Baum’s small column were killed and 31 others were wounded and captured – a hairy business for Baum as...
Scottish Daily Express, March 5, 2013
...the seats the proprietors of the Freemason’s Tavern ran an extensive buffet, with unlimited champagne,” records historian Stanley Weintraub. To mark the Princess’s arrival Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, penned a special work, A Welcome To...
Daily Express, March 5, 2013
...the seats the proprietors of the Freemason’s Tavern ran an extensive buffet, with unlimited champagne,” records historian Stanley Weintraub. To mark the Princess’s arrival Alfred Lord Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, penned a special work, A Welcome To...
Record-Journal.com, February 21, 2013
...Thursday Night Book Club will discuss Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub today, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. All are welcome to read the book and join in the discussion. Refreshments will be served. No registration...
Record-Journal.com, February 20, 2013
...Thursday Night Book Club will discuss Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. All are welcome to read the book and join in the discussion. Refreshments will be served. No...
Kabayan Weekly, January 2, 2013
...French and British troops accepted. “The memorable event was detailed in a book, titled ‘Silent Night,’ written by Stanley Weintraub. He wrote: ‘Signboards arose up and down the trenches in a variety of shapes. They were usually in English, or...
Victorville Daily Press, December 26, 2012
...they lit the candles clamped to the branches. It was one of the first maneuvers in what historian Stanley Weintraub called “an outbreak of peace” in his book, “Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce.” The cease-fire of...
