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Six months in 1945, FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman-- from world war to cold war, Michael Dobbs

Label
Six months in 1945, FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman-- from world war to cold war, Michael Dobbs
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [367]-402) and index
Illustrations
mapsplatesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Six months in 1945
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
769425335
Responsibility statement
Michael Dobbs
Sub title
FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman-- from world war to cold war
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
Table Of 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
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