Roosevelt and Churchill

Bush has read the right books, from Martin Gilbert and William Manchester on Churchill to Michael Beschloss, James MacGregor Burns and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on Roosevelt. -Jon Meacham

William Manchester

• The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932
• The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940

Gilbert, Beschloss, Burns

• Churchill : A Life
• The Conquerors : Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
• Roosevelt: Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945
• Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox 1882-1940

Schlesinger

• The Crisis of the Old Order : 1919-1933, The Age of Roosevelt, Volume I
• The Coming of the New Deal : 1933-1935, The Age of Roosevelt, Volume II