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245 10 a| Yalta :b| the price of peace /c| S.M. Plokhy.;

260 a| New York :b| Viking,c| 2010.;

300 a| xxviii, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-430) and index.;

505 0 a| 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.;

520 a| 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.;

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Yalta : the price of peace / S.M. Plokhy.

Author/creator	Plokhy, Serhii, 1957-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New York : Viking, 2010.
Description	xxviii, 451 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. World War, 1939-1945--Peace. World politics--1945-1989.

Contents	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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-430) and index.
LCCN	2009026833
ISBN	9780670021413
ISBN	0670021415

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