My father looked on Roosevelt as a demi-god. The most perfect man for the job and was sorely sorry that he died when he did. So from his idolization, I was looking for the real man, Roosevelt was in this book. I have a much more realistic vision of him now. A human, with flaws and foibles, but a very perfect leader for the time. His reticence to act sometimes, combined with his snap decisions at others turned out to be the perfect balance of what we needed at a time when we had wars going on in 2 areas at once.

Now, I need to read the precursor of this book, The Fox and the Lion.