A new and original analysis of the mission undertaken by FDR's Secretary of State during the Phoney War, Rofe's work explains the motivations and goals of Roosevelt through an analysis of the president's foreign policy and of the nature of the Anglo-American relationship of the time.
'This book is well done, and thoroughly researched, and given the lack of attention the Welles' mission has received in the historiography of the Second World War, it represents a significant addition to scholarship of the period.' - David Woolner, Assistant Professor of History at Marist College