Roosevelt and Churchill; Men of Secrets
Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2002. Presumed First Paperback Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. The format is approximately 5.25 inches by 8 inches. xxiv, 359, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Author David Stafford draws upon recently released wartime files to provide an intriguing look at the relationship of two world leaders, revealing how each guarded knowledge from the other in pursuit of separate national interests. David Alexander Tetlow Stafford (born 10 March 1942) is projects director at Edinburgh University's Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars and Leverhulme Emeritus Professor in the university's School of History, Classics and Archaeology. Stafford took his B.A. at Downing College, Cambridge, in 1963. He then undertook postgraduate study at the University of London, taking an M.A. and finally his Ph.D. in history in 1968. Stafford served in the British Diplomatic Service at the Foreign Office from 1967 to 1968. He then took up an appointment as research associate (1968–70) at the Centre of International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He then became assistant professor of history (1970–76) at Canada's University of Victoria in British Columbia. He was promoted to professor of history (1982–84). He then became director of studies (1985–86) and executive director (1986–92) at the Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. From 2000, he became projects director at the Centre for the Study of the Two World Wars. Stafford is noted for his works concerning Winston Churchill and British intelligence, various aspects of the Second World War, and twentieth-century intelligence and espionage. More