Eight Days at Yalta: The Unseen Story Behind the Historic Summit That Shaped the Post-World War II World

Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-war World

by Diana Preston

4.7 out of 5

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In February 1945, as the Allies closed in on victory in World War II, the leaders of the three major powers—the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union—met in Yalta, Crimea, for a summit that would shape the post-war world.

Eight Days at Yalta is a gripping account of this historic summit, based on extensive research and first-hand accounts. Drawing on newly declassified documents and interviews with participants, author John Lewis Gaddis reveals the unseen story behind the decisions that were made and the personalities that drove them.

Gaddis shows how the leaders of the Big Three—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin—were all driven by their own agendas and ambitions. Roosevelt was determined to create a new world Free Download based on the principles of democracy and collective security. Churchill was fighting for the survival of the British Empire. And Stalin was determined to expand Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.

The summit was a tense and often acrimonious affair. The leaders clashed over a wide range of issues, from the future of Germany to the fate of Poland. But in the end, they were able to reach agreement on a number of key issues, including the establishment of the United Nations and the division of Germany into four zones of occupation.

The decisions made at Yalta had a profound impact on the course of the Cold War and the shape of the modern world. Eight Days at Yalta is a fascinating and essential account of this pivotal event.

Reviews

"A masterful work of history that sheds new light on one of the most important events of the 20th century." —The New York Times

"A gripping account of the Yalta summit, told with clarity and insight." —The Washington Post

"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the origins of the Cold War." —The Economist

Author

John Lewis Gaddis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and professor of history at Yale University. He is the author of numerous books on the Cold War and American foreign policy, including The Cold War: A New History and George F. Kennan: An American Life.

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Eight Days at Yalta: How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-war World

by Diana Preston

4.7 out of 5

Language	:	English
File size	:	12700 KB
Text-to-Speech	:	Enabled
Screen Reader	:	Supported
Enhanced typesetting	:	Enabled
Word Wise	:	Enabled
Print length	:	434 pages
Lending	:	Enabled

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