Six Months in 1945

FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman--from World War to Cold War

Ranked #40 in The Cold War

From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight, a riveting account of the pivotal six month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the atomic age, and the beginning of the Cold War.

When Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run, and victory was imminent.  The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace—but instead they set the stage for a forty-four year division of Europe into Soviet and Western  spheres of influence. After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their...
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