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Award-winning Harvard historian S.M. Plokhy delivers a "convincing revisionist analysis" (Publishers Weekly) of the February 1945 Yalta conference. Bolstered by Soviet wiretaps, Plokhy's engrossing narrative of Stalin, Churchill, and FDR's negotiations reveals the West did better than previously thought. "An astute reappraisal of the Yalta Conference . Fresh research drives this scholarly study of the complex blend of Yalta's personalities and ideas."-Kirkus Reviews
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""In 1939 Stalin and the leaders of the Western democracies had conflicting goals; in 1941 they acquired a common enemy without changing their goals. At Yalta they faced the difficult task of agreeing to a new set of common goals once their enemy was defeated.""
— John (4 out of 5 stars)
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“A colorful and gripping portrait of the three aging leaders at their historic encounter.”
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“Drawing upon formerly secret Soviet documents and reports and memoirs from all three sides, [Ploky] brings the conference and its key players to life, making a familiar story feel lively and fresh...compelling reading—for its details and drama.”
— Washington Post -
“[A] detailed and highly engrossing narrative.”
— Publishers Weekly -
“An astute reappraisal of the Yalta Conference…fresh research drives this scholarly study of the complex blend of Yalta’s personalities and ideas.”
— Kirkus Reviews
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" Interesting new book, filled with thorough analysis of new archives which have been opened only recently. Details about how only so much could be done. "
— Hadrian, 2/12/2013 -
" I think it would have been hard to make this topic more interesting. Nevertheless, it's not really a page-turner. "
— Thomas, 7/20/2012 -
" One of the leading historians of Ukraine of our time here overturns some of the received myths about Yalta and gives the whole conference a fascinating fresh examination. "
— Adam, 4/26/2012 -
" A well written, fresh look at an important political event in WWII. The author makes use of newly available sources to explain the day to day events of the Yalta conference, and the bargaining that took place to achieve the results. "
— Doug, 3/22/2012 -
" It's pretty solid, and follows in the tried-and-tested Margaret MacMillan-style. However, the writing style becomes more and more dry as the page count increases, and the conclusions at the end of the book seem to be very passive, lacking much of the enthusiasm of the book's opening chapters. "
— Daniel, 2/12/2012 -
" Loved it but disturbing how they divided up the world.... "
— Ken, 6/3/2011 -
" This is a little slow. It is a serious subject and you get information from a variety of sources but if you are interested in history it is worth your time. "
— Anne, 12/28/2010 -
" revealing... Patton was right. Hard read, but very insightful.. "
— Wayne, 12/23/2010
About S. M. Plokhy
S. M. Plokhy is the Mykhailo Hrushevky Professor of Ukrainian History at Harvard University and the author of several award-winning works on modern Russian and Ukrainian history.
About Henry Strozier
Henry Strozier is an actor with a forty-year career in numerous movies and television series. Also a voice-over artist, he has worked extensively in video games and audiobook narration, earning several AudioFile Earphones Awards.