Bibliograph

Potsdam, the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe, Michael Neiber

Type

Label

Potsdam, the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe, Michael Neiber

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Potsdam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

891609325

Responsibility statement

Michael Neiber

Sub title

the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe

Summary

The award-winning historian Michael Neiberg brings the turbulent Potsdam conference to life, vividly capturing the delegates<U+2019> personalities: Truman, trying to escape from the shadow of Franklin Roosevelt, who had died only months before; Churchill, bombastic and seemingly out of touch; Stalin, cunning and meticulous

Table Of Contents

"Jesus Christ and General Jackson" -- "The most terrible responsibility any man ever faced" -- May days -- "Our troubles might not yet be over" -- "A vast undertaking": coming to Potsdam -- "What a scene of destruction" -- "In seventeen days you can decide anything" -- "I dreamed that my life was over" -- "Dismemberment as a permanent fate"? Solving the problem of Germany -- "The bastard of Versailles" -- Dr. Groves's son and the fate of East Asia -- Conclusion

Target audience

adult

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