كاتمة الأسرار: القصة غير المروية للمرأة التي ساعدت في الانتصار بالحرب العالمية الثانية وصياغة أمريكا الحديثة

For readers of A Woman of No Importance and Eleanor: A Life, here is the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisor during World War II, and whose influence on American history, from the New Deal to the Cold War and beyond, has never before been untold. This biography was a finalist for the Goodreads Readers' Choice Award. As Franklin Delano Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe during World War II, she went places the president couldn't reach. She was one of the first Allied women to enter a liberating concentration camp, and she stood in the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountain retreat, days after his fall. Although Anna Rosenberg grew up in humble immigrant background and received only a high school education, she was the real force behind the national policies crucial to America's victory in the war and its prosperity afterward. Surprisingly, her story remains largely forgotten. Rosenberg rose from a career in public relations in Manhattan in the 1920s to become Roosevelt's informal advisor, and soon wielded enormous influence, no less powerful for being subtle. Roosevelt called her "Madam Reformer." Her extraordinary career continued after his death, as she fought tirelessly for diverse causes, from racial integration to gender equality and national health care. The book “The Closer” explores who holds a leading place in history, and why. Rosenberg's position as an "invisible force", coupled with her being an immigrant and a Jewish woman, contributed to her belittlement. In this inspiring, researched, and revealing book, Christopher C. Gorham finally gives Anna Rosenberg the recognition she so richly deserves.