The Stalin affair : the impossible alliance that won the war / Giles Milton.
Publisher: London : John Murray, 2024Description: ix, 372 pages : illustrations, photographs (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781529398519; 9781529398533; 9781529398526Subject(s): Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 | Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 | World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainDDC classification: 940.5322 Summary: "In the summer of 1941, as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin’s forces faced a catastrophic defeat which would make the Allies’ liberation of Europe virtually impossible. To avert this disaster, Britain and America mobilized an elite team of remarkable diplomats with the mission of keeping the Red Army in the war. Into to the heart of Stalin’s Moscow Roosevelt sent Averell Harriman, the fourth richest man in America and his brilliant young daughter Kathy. Churchill dispatched the reckless but brilliant bon vivant Archie Clark Kerr – and occasionally himself – to negotiate with the Kremlin’s wiliest operators. Together, this improbable group grappled with the ingenious, mercurial Stalin to make victory possible. But they also discovered that the Soviet dictator had a terrifying masterplan for the post-war world. Based on astonishing unpublished diaries, letters and secret reports, The Stalin Affair reveals troves of new material about the most unlikely coalition in history."-- Taken from dustjacket.Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 940.5322 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 023653 |
"In the summer of 1941, as Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, Stalin’s forces faced a catastrophic defeat which would make the Allies’ liberation of Europe virtually impossible. To avert this disaster, Britain and America mobilized an elite team of remarkable diplomats with the mission of keeping the Red Army in the war. Into to the heart of Stalin’s Moscow Roosevelt sent Averell Harriman, the fourth richest man in America and his brilliant young daughter Kathy. Churchill dispatched the reckless but brilliant bon vivant Archie Clark Kerr – and occasionally himself – to negotiate with the Kremlin’s wiliest operators. Together, this improbable group grappled with the ingenious, mercurial Stalin to make victory possible. But they also discovered that the Soviet dictator had a terrifying masterplan for the post-war world. Based on astonishing unpublished diaries, letters and secret reports, The Stalin Affair reveals troves of new material about the most unlikely coalition in history."-- Taken from dustjacket.