Special envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946

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Special envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946 / by W. Averell Harriman and Elie Abel.

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 (Author). Abel, Elie. (Added Author). Mazal Holocaust Collection. (Added Author).

Summary:

"This masterful narrative, written by Elie Abel and based on Averall Harriman's personal recollections as well as his voluminous and revealing private papers, re-creates and explains the climate in which many of the most important strategic and political decisions were made during World War II, and casts new light on the motivations and personalities of the leaders who made them."--Inside jacket cover.

Record details

ISBN: 0394482964
ISBN: 9780394482965
Physical Description: xii, 595 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, �1975.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: All aid to Britain, short of war -- How to be "something and somebody" -- "The British can hold out but they cannot win alone" -- Red wolves in the Kremlin -- Pearl Harbor: "at least there is a future now" -- No end of defeats -- To Moscow again, with Churchill -- "I prefer a comfortable oasis to the raft at Tilsit" -- Interlude at sea -- Farewell to London -- "I have come as a friend" -- Teheran, " friends in fact, in spirit and in purpose" -- " The history of war has never witnessed such a grandiose operation " -- Poland, the touchstone -- Warsaw, the doomed uprising -- Molotov's "unconventional request" for postwar credits -- Yalta, "in better health FDR might have held out longer, but I can't believe that it would have made a great difference: -- From Yalta to warm springs -- Truman takes charge -- Japan surrenders -- Farewell to Moscow -- "The center of power is in Washington."