Potsdam
Subtitle: the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe
By: Michael Neiberg
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780465075256
Subjects: Potsdam Conference (1945 : Potsdam, Germany); Peace; World War, 1939-1945
Description: Describes the Potsdam conference, which united Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to establish post-war order, negotiate lasting peace treaties, and try to counter the effects of World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Jesus Christ and General Jackson"; title: "The most terrible responsibility any man ever faced"; title: May days; title: "Our troubles might not yet be over"; title: "A vast undertaking": coming to Potsdam; title: "What a scene of destruction"; title: "In seventeen days you can decide anything"; title: "I dreamed that my life was over"; title: "Dismemberment as a permanent fate"? Solving the problem of Germany; title: "The bastard of Versailles"; title: Dr. Groves's son and the fate of East Asia; title: Conclusion.