Yalta : the price of peace / S.M. Plokhy.
Yalta : the price of peace / S.M. Plokhy.
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New York : Viking, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N940.5314/39
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English
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xxviii, 451 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
pt. I. Operation Argonaut -- The President's journey -- Meeting on Malta -- Tsar's playground -- A red host -- pt. II. warriors' summit -- Reunion of the Big Three -- winter offensive -- German question -- Spoils of war -- pt. III. new world order -- Security Council -- In the Führer's shadow -- Di...
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New York : Viking, 2010.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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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. 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...
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Yalta : the price of peace / S.M. Plokhy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-403) and index.
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N940.5314/39
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74VvyL5w3G3g
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0670021415
9780670021413
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940.5314
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991016131229702626
