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Six Months In 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, And Truman--from World War To Cold War (2012)

by Michael Dobbs(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

030727165X (ISBN13: 9780307271655)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: I reserved this book thinking it was by "the other" Michael Dobbs, author of three fictional histories about Winston Churchill. This nonfiction work covers the six months between the Yalta conference between Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill and end of WWII after the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. The reader gains insight into the personalities, politics and posturing of the Allies leadership including Truman, military leaders, and diplomats. The depths and intensity of the historical events that shaped the political world for the next half century made this a slow but valuable read for me. Now I'm a fan of both Michael Dobbs.
review 2: A pretty good look at the end of WWII and the begining of the Cold War from the view of the commanding heights of the big three ... moreallied powers. There are excellent portraits of Roosevelt, Truman, Stalin and Churchill. The power plays and deals made at Yalta and Potsdam figure prominently as well as the growing tensions of Americans and British towards the Soviets. The book talks about high level decisions that changed the world war into the cold war. A really good book. less

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