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• ISBN: 9780670021413
• ISBN: 0670021415
• Physical Description: pages cm
• Publisher: New York : Viking, 2010.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue -- pt. 1. Operation Argonaut -- The President's journey -- Meeting at Malta -- The Tsar's playground -- A red host -- pt. 2. The warriors' summit -- The Big Three reunion -- Winter offensive -- The German question -- The spoils of war : French zone and German loot -- pt. 3. A new world order -- The Security Council -- In the Fuhrer's shadow -- Dividing Balkans -- The battle for Poland -- What would Ukrainians say? -- pt. 4. The diplomats' chessboard -- The United Nations -- Stalemate on Poland -- The bombline -- Far Eastern blitz : Japan and China -- Standing on the crest of a hill -- pt. 5. The wheels of compromise -- A Polish surrender -- The fate of Germany -- Liberated Europe and the Balkan deal -- Imperial impasse : Iran and Turkey -- Secret agreements : China and the UN -- Prisoners of war -- pt. 6. The spirit of Yalta -- The last supper -- Crossing the finish line -- Days of hope -- pt. 7. The coming storm -- Spring alarm : POWs and Eastern Europe -- Spy wars -- New realities : the UN, Germany, Poland, and the Pope -- Without Roosevelt -- Epilogue.

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Yalta Conference (1945 : I͡Alta, Ukraine)
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World War, 1939-1945 > Peace.
World politics.
World politics > 1945-1989.