Yalta The Price of Peace

Name: Yalta The Price of Peace
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ISBN: 9780670021413

ISBN-10: 0670021415

ISBN-13: 9780670021413

Edition: 2010

Authors: Serhii Plokhy

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A major new history of the eight days in February 1945 when FDR, Churchill, and Stalin decided the fate of the world Imagine you could eavesdrop on a dinner party with three of the most fascinating historical figures of all time. In this landmark book, a gifted Harvard historian puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic turning point in the war to hash out the terms of the peace. The ink wasn't dry when the recriminations began. The conservatives who hated Roosevelt's New Deal accused him of selling out. Was he too sick? Did he give too much in exchange for Stalin's promise to join the war against Japan? Could he have done better in Eastern…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/4/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 480
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Serhii Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University. His previous publications include Ukraine and Russia: Representations of the Past (2008) and The Origins of the Slavic Nations: Premodern Identities in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (2006).



List of Maps


Introduction



Operation Argonaut



The President's Journey



Meeting on Malta



The Tsar's Playground



The Red Host



A Warriors' Summit



Reunion of the Big Three



The Winter Offensive



The German Question



Spoils of War



A New World Order



The Security Council



In the Fï¿½hrer's Shadow



Dividing the Balkans



The Battle for Poland



"What Would the Ukrainians Say?"



The Diplomats' Chessboard



Counting Votes in the United Nations



Stalemate on Poland



The Bombline



The Far Eastern Blitz



"Allies Should Not Deceive"



The Wheels Of Compromise



A Polish Surrender



The Fate of Germany



Liberated Europe and the Balkan Deal



Iran, Turkey, and the Empire



Secret Agreements



Prisoners of War



The Spirit Of Yalta



The Last Supper



Crossing the Finish Line



Days of Hope



The Coming Storm



Signs of Trouble



Spy Wars



Stalin Digs In



After Roosevelt


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index