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WWII Behind Closed Doors
Category: History: Military: WWII
Author: Laurence Rees
Copyright/published Year: 2008 by Pantheon Books
ISBN: 030737730X
Binding: Hardcover
In this revelatory chronicle of World War II, Laurence Rees,
winner of the 2006 British Book Award for History, documents the
dramatic and secret deals that helped make the war possible and
prompted some of the most crucial decisions made during the
conflict.
Drawing on material available only since opening of archives
in Eastern Europe and Russia, Rees reexamines the key choices
made by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt during the war. And as
the truth about Stalin's earlier friendly relationship with the
Nazis is laid bare, a devastating and surprising picture of the
Soviet leader emerges.
The emotional core of the book is the amazing new testimony
obtained from nearly a hundred separate witnesses from the
period-former Soviet secret policemen, Allied seamen who braved
Arctic convoys and Red Army veterans who engaged Germans in
hand-to-hand fighting on the Eastern Front. Their dramatic
personal experiences make clear in a compelling and fresh way the
reasons why the people of Poland, the Baltic states and other
European countries simply swapped the rule of one tyrant for
another.
Rees' ability to weave high politics-the meeting of the Allied
leaders at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam-with the dramatic personal
experiences of those on the ground who bore the consequences of
their decisions is eye opening. World War II Behind Closed
Doors will change the way we think about the Second World
War.
Condition Information
This book is 'remaindered' and may have marks on the cover and/or bottom of pages.
Condition Description
This is a "Remaindered Book" and has a pen mark on the page bottoms. Otherwise like new.
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