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Q&A: Author Ted Aldrich on ‘The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II’
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Ted Aldrich wrote his critically acclaimed history—“The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II” (here at Elm Street Books, here on Amazon)—over seven years while commuting on Metro-North Railroad into Manhattan. On May 4, Aldrich will lead an author talk on the book in the Jim and Dede Bartlett Auditorium at New Canaan Library (register here).
We put some questions to Aldrich about his research, writing and book. Here’s our exchange:
New Canaanite: Before we get into the book itself, tell us about how you came to start researching what would become “The Partnership.”
Ted Aldrich: As a lifelong history buff, and without realizing it, I had been researching this book for decades in a sense. World War II and the post-War era have long fascinated me and every book I read seemed to lead to 3-4 others so I was very well versed on the major figures and events of that time. When I was shocked to find that nothing had been written about the relationship between Sec.