Yalta
Subtitle: the price of peace
By: S.M. Plokhy
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
ISBN-13: 9780670021413
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-430) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: pt. 1. Operation Argonaut; title: The President's journey; title: Meeting at Malta; title: The Tsar's playground; title: A red host; title: pt. 2. The warriors' summit; title: The Big Three reunion; title: Winter offensive; title: The German question; title: The spoils of war : French zone and German loot; title: pt. 3. A new world order; title: The Security Council; title: In the Fuhrer's shadow; title: Dividing Balkans; title: The battle for Poland; title: What would Ukrainians say?; title: pt. 4. The diplomats' chessboard; title: The United Nations; title: Stalemate on Poland; title: The bombline; title: Far Eastern blitz : Japan and China; title: Standing on the crest of a hill; title: pt. 5. The wheels of compromise; title: A Polish surrender; title: The fate of Germany; title: Liberated Europe and the Balkan deal; title: Imperial impasse : Iran and Turkey; title: Secret agreements : China and the UN; title: Prisoners of war; title: pt. 6. The spirit of Yalta; title: The last supper; title: Crossing the finish line; title: Days of hope; title: pt. 7. The coming storm; title: Spring alarm : POWs and Eastern Europe; title: Spy wars; title: New realities : the UN, Germany, Poland, and the Pope; title: Without Roosevelt; title: Epilogue.