| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xvi, 418 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Cold War -- Diplomatic history.
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| ISBN |
9780307271655 |
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030727165X |
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