Six months in 1945 : FDR, Stalin, Churchill, Truman, and the birth of the modern world / by Michael Dobbs.

Dobbs, Michael, 1950-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-402) and index.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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