| Authors: |
Dobbs, Michael, 1948-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace.
World politics -- 1945-1955.
Cold War -- Diplomatic history.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.(Franklin Delano),1882-1945.
Stalin, Joseph,1879-1953.
Churchill, Winston,1874-1965.
Truman, Harry S.,1884-1972.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012. |
| Description: |
xvi, 418 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307271655 030727165X |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: |
"The best I could do". Roosevelt : February 3 ; Stalin : February 4 ; Churchill : February 5 ; Poland : February 6 ; Grand Design : February 10 ; Euphoria : February 13 -- "An Iron Curtain is drawn down". Comrade Vyshinsky : February 27 ; "An impenetrable veil" : March 7 ; Death of a President : April 12 ; The neophyte and the Commissar : April 23 ; Linkup : April 25 ; Victory : May 8 ; "The salvation of the world" : May 26 ; Atomic poker : June 1 ; Red Empire : June 24 -- "A peace that is no peace". Berlin : July 4 ; Terminal : July 16 ; Loot : July 23 ; "FINIS" : July 26 ; Hiroshima : August 6 ; After the bomb. |
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| Summary: |
A riveting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. |