Examines the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in the years preceding America's entrance into World War II, emphasizing the similarities and differences between them.

Includes index.

How the correspondence began -- An essentially similar problem -- Churchill at the admiralty: 1914 and 1939 -- The unspoken naval alliance -- The phony war -- "Former naval person" -- The third term -- Acts of 'faith and leadership" -- France leaves the war -- "Today all private plans . . . have been . . . repealed" -- The two men compared -- Getting a little more mixed up together -- Lions become foxes -- Hitler misses the bus -- Two prima donnas -- The battle of the Atlantic -- A moment of gloom -- Freedom of the seas reasserted -- Roosevelt occupies Iceland -- Sauce for the Soviet Gander -- Britain's new and demanding ally -- "No talk about war" -- "How near is America to war?" -- Warning to japan -- Undeclared war in the Atlantic -- No strings on Russian aid -- "Not enough navy to go round" -- All in the same boat.