The big three
Subtitle: Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in peace & war
By: Robin Edmonds.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780393028898
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945; Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953; World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
Description: Examines the three leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who were tempered in peacetime by personal and political adversity for their wartime rules.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-582) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The big three : first encounter; title: 2. Retrospect : three paths to power; title: 3. The international setting, 1933-38; title: 4. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin in the gathering storm; title: 5. The onset of war, 1939; title: 6. The Phoney war, 1939-40; title: 7. Churchill alone, 1940; title: 8. The Common law alliance, 1941; title: 9. Global war : the beginnings of the grand alliance; title: 10. The Caesura, December 1941; title: 11. The Alliance confused : December 1941-July 1942; title: 12. The invasion of North Africa-a second front?; title: 13. The approach to Teheran : January-October 1943; title: 14. The Teheran conference : November-December 1943; title: 15. The Alliance dominant; title: 16. The hidden dimension; title: 17. The Crimean conference : Yalta, 4-11 February 1945; title: 18. The Alliance victorious; title: 19. The big three : into the future