A riveting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War.
Record details
ISBN:9780307271655
Physical Description:print xvi, 418 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. One "THE BEST I COULD DO" -- 1. Roosevelt -- February 3 -- 2. Stalin -- February 4 -- 3. Churchill -- February 5 -- 4. Poland -- February 6 -- 5. Grand Design -- February 10 -- 6. Euphoria -- February 13 -- pt. Two "AN IRON CURTAIN IS DRAWN DOWN" -- 7. Comrade Vyshinsky -- February 27 -- 8. "An Impenetrable Veil" -- March 7 -- 9. Death of a President -- April 12 -- 10. Neophyte and the Commissar -- April 23 -- 11. Linkup -- April 25 -- 12. Victory -- May 8 -- 13. "The Salvation of the World" -- May 26 -- 14. Atomic Poker -- June 1 -- 15. Red Empire -- June 24 -- pt. Three "A PEACE THAT IS NO PEACE" -- 16. Berlin -- July 4 -- 17. Terminal -- July 16 -- 18. Loot -- July 23 -- 19. "FINIS" -- July 26 -- 20. Hiroshima -- August 6 -- 21. After the Bomb.