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Roosevelt and Stalin : portrait of a partnership /

Butler explores for the first time the complex partnership during World War II between FDR and Stalin, reassessing in-depth how the two men became partners, how they shared the same outlook for the postwar world, and how they formed an uneasy but deep friendship, shaping the world's political s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Butler, Susan, 1932- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945.
Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953.
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
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Summary:Butler explores for the first time the complex partnership during World War II between FDR and Stalin, reassessing in-depth how the two men became partners, how they shared the same outlook for the postwar world, and how they formed an uneasy but deep friendship, shaping the world's political stage from the war to the decades leading up to and into the new century.
Physical Description:594 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780307594853 (hardback alkaline paper)
0307594858 (hardback alkaline paper)
9780307741813 (trade pbk.)
0307741818 (trade pbk.)