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Potsdam : the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe /

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Describes the Potsdam conference, which united Harry Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin to establish post-war order, negotiate lasting peace treaties and try to counter the effects of World War II.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
Subjects:
Potsdam Conference > (1945 : > Potsdam, Germany)
World War, 1939-1945 > Peace.
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. Grove's son and the fate of East Asia
  • Conclusion.