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Yalta: The Price of Peace Audiobook

By: S. M. Plokhy
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Read By: Henry Strozier Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 15.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 11.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2010 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781449808846
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Total Audiobook Chapters:

35

Longest Chapter Length:

60:54 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

33 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

38:50 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

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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.”

    — Wall Street Journal

  • “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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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Loved it but disturbing how they divided up the world.... "

    — Ken, 6/3/2011
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " 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
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " 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.