Yalta : the price of peace
A major new history of the eight days in February 1945 when FDR, Churchill, and Stalin decided the fate of the world. Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy goes against conventional wisdom--cemented during the Cold War--and argues that an ailing Roosevelt did better than we think. Much has been made of FDR's handling of the Depression; here we see him as wartime chief
1 online resource (xxviii, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
9781101189382, 9781101189924, 110118938X, 1101189924
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Prologue
pt. 1. Operation Argonaut
The President's journey
Meeting at Malta
The Tsar's playground
A red host
pt. 2. The warriors' summit
The Big Three reunion
Winter offensive
The German question
The spoils of war : French zone and German loot
pt. 3. A new world order
The Security Council
In the Fuhrer's shadow
Dividing Balkans
The battle for Poland
What would Ukrainians say?
pt. 4. The diplomats' chessboard
The United Nations
Stalemate on Poland
The bombline
Far Eastern blitz : Japan and China
Standing on the crest of a hill
pt. 5. The wheels of compromise
A Polish surrender
The fate of Germany
Liberated Europe and the Balkan deal
Imperial impasse : Iran and Turkey
Secret agreements : China and the UN
Prisoners of war
pt. 6. The spirit of Yalta
The last supper
Crossing the finish line
Days of hope
pt. 7. The coming storm
Spring alarm : POWs and Eastern Europe
Spy wars
New realities : the UN, Germany, Poland, and the Pope
Without Roosevelt
Epilogue
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