My Dear Mr Stalin
The Complete Correspondence of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin
Susan Butler(Editor)
Yale University Press
Published on 1. January 2006
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-300-10854-5 (ISBN)
Description
My Dear Mr. Stalin is the first publication that contains the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, never before fully available in any language, is an invaluable primary source for understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. The correspondence, secret at the time, begins with a letter Roosevelt wrote to Stalin offering aid to the Soviet Union following Hitler's surprise attack in 1941. It ends with a message that was an attempt to minimise the differences between the two leaders, approved by Roosevelt only minutes before his death in 1945. The book traces the evolution of their unique relationship, revealing the statesmanship of the two men and their thinking about the grave events of their time. An informative introduction to the volume and generous annotations set the letters in context.
Reviews / Votes
"a fascinating historical collection of letters between the two most powerful men on earth... The result is a captivating book that will be obligatory for all scholars of the Grand Alliance and those interested in how the World War was won." Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Potemkin: Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner and Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar. "This is a very important book of source and reference material... and of enduring interest not only for scholarship about Stalin, but perhaps even more about Roosevelt." John Lukacs"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-10854-5 (9780300108545)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt | Joseph Stalin | Susan Butler
My Dear Mr. Stalin
The Complete Correspondence Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin
E-Book
12/2005
1st Edition
Yale University Press
€48.59
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Persons
Susan Butler is the author of East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart.