“…Roosevelt never explained his objectives to Vice-President Harry Truman or anyone else In Secret Affairs Irwin Gellman brings to light startling new information about the intrigues, deceptions, and behind-the-scenes power struggles that influenced America's role in World War II and left their mark on world events - for good or ill - in the half-century that followed These three legendary figures - Franklin Roosevelt, Cordell Hull, and Sumner Welles - not only concealed such secrets for more than a decade but did so while directing U.S. foreign policy during some of the most perilous events in the nation's history The president was paralyzed from the waist down, but concealed the extent of his disability from a public that was never permitted to see him in a wheelchair. …”

“…Anyone familiar with FDR’s administration will remember Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Cordell Hull, Harold Ickes, Frances Perkins, Henry Wallace, and James Farley. …”

“…Roosevelt, Samuel Hoare, Carlton Hayes, Anthony Eden, Alexander Cadogan, Cordell Hull y Harry Hopkins. De esta manera, y sobre la base de documentación desconocida hasta la fecha, ha sido posible desglosar el conjunto de intereses divergentes en lo que respecta tanto a la definición de la política oficial como a la actitud y las intenciones de las diferentes figuras que movían las fichas sobre el tablero de las relaciones con la dictadura, y que condujeron a constantes malentendidos y diferencias en vista de la manera de tratar a Franco. …”

“…In particular, it emerged out of the rivalries and alliances among three men: Roosevelt; his Secretary of State, Cordell Hull; and Assistant Secretary of State, Sumner Welles. …”

“…He describes the personal motives and goals of men such as Sumner Welles, Cordell Hull, Henry Morgenthau, Harry Dexter White, Henry A. …”