Roosevelt was a prime asset to the success for the United States in the Pacific against Japan and Europe alongside Great Britain and others. His use of power as Commander-in-Chief and the decisions he made, Greenfield expressed as, “to make achieve these objective… made military sense” (79). In making these decisions, President Roosevelt at times went against his military council and on twenty occasions, according to Greenfield, Roosevelt overruled certain assault/defensive actions. Roosevelt knew what his primary concerns were in the war, and that helped influence his decisions and actions such as the defeat of Japan in the Pacific and multiple concerns and goals such as Germany being primary enemy number one, achieving unconditional surrender, and the Big Four (which included Roosevelt) controlling the United Nations postwar development. These decisions by Roosevelt helped set himself aside individually as one of the greatest presidents, especially military wise and home country
Roosevelt was a prime asset to the success for the United States in the Pacific against Japan and Europe alongside Great Britain and others. His use of power as Commander-in-Chief and the decisions he made, Greenfield expressed as, “to make achieve these objective… made military sense” (79). In making these decisions, President Roosevelt at times went against his military council and on twenty occasions, according to Greenfield, Roosevelt overruled certain assault/defensive actions. Roosevelt knew what his primary concerns were in the war, and that helped influence his decisions and actions such as the defeat of Japan in the Pacific and multiple concerns and goals such as Germany being primary enemy number one, achieving unconditional surrender, and the Big Four (which included Roosevelt) controlling the United Nations postwar development. These decisions by Roosevelt helped set himself aside individually as one of the greatest presidents, especially military wise and home country