"From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy, The Nazi Conspiracy tells the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of the second World War. In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt wanted one thing: a face-to-face meeting with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This meeting of the...

In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political “natural.” Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with an abundance of charm and charisma, he seemed destined for high office. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and an ability to think strategically. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his seven-year journey...

"The story of the alliance formed at the end of World War II by Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to control the war in Europe and the Pacific, in the process shaping the political landscape of the world"--

Episode 1: Get Action: Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin; Franklin. Episode 2: In the Arena: Follow the account of Theodore's presidency and FDR and Eleanor's courtship and marriage. Episode 3: The Fire of Life: Join Ken Burns as he traces the effects of WWI on the lives of the Roosevelts.

"To mark the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, the ... climax to Nige l Hamilton's three-part saga of FDR at war--proof that he was WWII's key strategist, even on his deathbed."-- Nigel Hamilton's celebrated trilogy culminates with a story of triumph and tragedy. Just as FDR was proven right by the D-day landings he had championed, so was he found to be mortally ill in the spring of 1944. He was the architect of a victorious peace that he would not live...

Based on years of archival research and interviews with the last surviving aides and Roosevelt family members, Nigel Hamilton offers a definitive account of FDR's masterful -- and underappreciated -- command of the Allied war effort. Hamilton takes readers inside FDR's White House Oval Study -- his personal command center -- and into the meetings where he battled with Churchill about strategy and tactics and overrode the near mutinies of his own generals...

Traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create them and...