“Acknowledged As The Leader Of The Free World After World War Il, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Is One Of The Most Significant And Compelling Figures Of The Twentieth Century. Yet No Previous Book Has Dealt Critically With His Foreign Policy During The Crucial Years Between 1943 And 1945. In This Penetrating Study, Amos Perlmutter Exposes The Myth Of New Deal War Diplomacy, Showing The Devastating Results Of Fdr's Not-so-grand Alliance With Joseph Stalin, One Of The Most. Ruthless Political Leaders Of The Modern World. Perlmutter Assesses Fdr's War Strategy And His Postwar Vision, As Well As His Diplomatic Style In Dealing With Both Stalin And Churchill. Fdr Failed To Take Political Advantage Of The Enormous U.s. Economic, Military, And Atomic Superiority. In Three Key Areas Of The Grand Alliance Dispute - The Second Front, Poland, And The Division Of Germany - Fdr Clearly Colluded With Stalin Against The Larger Vision Of Churchill. By. Failing To Use The Lend-lease Program As A Bargaining Chip, Fdr Surrendered Eastern Europe To Stalin Even Before Stalin Had Begun His Long-planned Soviet Expansion Into The East. A Passionate, Optimistic, And Popular Leader, Fdr Nevertheless Failed To See The Long-range Goals Of Stalin. He Maintained An Idealistic Vision Of A Postwar World Presided Over By A Partnership Of Two Emerging Powers, The United States And The Soviet Union. Perlmutter Shows How Fdr's Blind. Pursuit Of That Vision And The Concessions He Made To Realize It Resulted Not In Partnership, But In The Legacy Of The Cold War. Based On Extensive Reevaluation Of Domestic Sources And His Study Of Key Foreign Ministry Documents In The Former Soviet Union, Perlmutter Sheds New Light On The Relationship Of Fdr And Stalin. Several Fascinating Appendixes Reproduce Material From The Recently Declassified Soviet Archives Relating To This Crucial Period In American Foreign. Policy. Fdr & Stalin Is A Provocative, Much-needed Reassessment Of Roosevelt's Role In The Re-shaping Of International Relations After World War Ii. Why Another Book On Fdr? -- Part I: Roosevelt's Style And Strategy: The President's Style And World View -- Roosevelt And His War Strategy -- Part Ii: Roosevelt And Stalin, 1941-1943: Surrogate Diplomacy: Roosevelt's Informal Government -- The Second Front -- Stalin -- Part Iii: Roosevelt And Stalin, 1943-1945: Tehran: The Road To Yalta -- Yalta: The Epitome Of A Rooseveltian Utopia -- Roosevelt And The Balance Of Power In Europe -- President Roosevelt As A Diplomatic Failure -- Appendix 1: Characteristics Of Wendell Willkie -- Appendix 2: U.s. Policies -- Appendix 3: Ussr Foreign Affairs -- Appendix 4: Soviet-american Relations. Amos Perlmutter. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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Acknowledged as the leader of the free world after World War Il, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most significant and compelling figures of the twentieth century. Yet no previous book has dealt critically with his foreign policy during the crucial years between 1943 and 1945. In this penetrating study, Amos Perlmutter exposes the myth of New Deal war diplomacy, showing the devastating results of FDR's not-so-grand alliance with Joseph Stalin, one of the most
Ruthless political leaders of the modern world. Perlmutter assesses FDR's war strategy and his postwar vision, as well as his diplomatic style in dealing with both Stalin and Churchill. FDR failed to take political advantage of the enormous U. S. economic, military, and atomic superiority. In three key areas of the Grand Alliance dispute - the Second Front, Poland, and the division of Germany - FDR clearly colluded with Stalin against the larger vision of Churchill. By
Failing to use the Lend-Lease program as a bargaining chip, FDR "surrendered" Eastern Europe to Stalin even before Stalin had begun his long-planned Soviet expansion into the East. A passionate, optimistic, and popular leader, FDR nevertheless failed to see the long-range goals of Stalin. He maintained an idealistic vision of a postwar world presided over by a partnership of two emerging powers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Perlmutter shows how FDR's blind
Pursuit of that vision and the concessions he made to realize it resulted not in partnership, but in the legacy of the Cold War. Based on extensive reevaluation of domestic sources and his study of key Foreign Ministry documents in the former Soviet Union, Perlmutter sheds new light on the relationship of FDR and Stalin. Several fascinating appendixes reproduce material from the recently declassified Soviet archives relating to this crucial period in American foreign
Policy. FDR & Stalin is a provocative, much-needed reassessment of Roosevelt's role in the re-shaping of international relations after World War II
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index
Why another book on FDR? -- PART I: ROOSEVELT'S STYLE AND STRATEGY: The President's style and world view -- Roosevelt and his war strategy -- PART II: ROOSEVELT AND STALIN, 1941-1943: Surrogate diplomacy: Roosevelt's informal government -- The second front -- Stalin -- PART III: ROOSEVELT AND STALIN, 1943-1945: Tehran: the road to Yalta -- Yalta: the epitome of a Rooseveltian utopia -- Roosevelt and the balance of power in Europe -- President Roosevelt as a diplomatic failure -- Appendix 1: Characteristics of Wendell Willkie -- Appendix 2: U. S. policies -- Appendix 3: USSR foreign affairs -- Appendix 4: Soviet-American relations
Acknowledged as the leader of the free world after World War Il, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is one of the most significant and compelling figures of the twentieth century. Yet no previous book has dealt critically with his foreign policy during the crucial years between 1943 and 1945. In this penetrating study, Amos Perlmutter exposes the myth of New Deal war diplomacy, showing the devastating results of FDR's not-so-grand alliance with Joseph Stalin, one of the most
Ruthless political leaders of the modern world. Perlmutter assesses FDR's war strategy and his postwar vision, as well as his diplomatic style in dealing with both Stalin and Churchill. FDR failed to take political advantage of the enormous U. S. economic, military, and atomic superiority. In three key areas of the Grand Alliance dispute - the Second Front, Poland, and the division of Germany - FDR clearly colluded with Stalin against the larger vision of Churchill. By
Failing to use the Lend-Lease program as a bargaining chip, FDR "surrendered" Eastern Europe to Stalin even before Stalin had begun his long-planned Soviet expansion into the East. A passionate, optimistic, and popular leader, FDR nevertheless failed to see the long-range goals of Stalin. He maintained an idealistic vision of a postwar world presided over by a partnership of two emerging powers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Perlmutter shows how FDR's blind
Pursuit of that vision and the concessions he made to realize it resulted not in partnership, but in the legacy of the Cold War. Based on extensive reevaluation of domestic sources and his study of key Foreign Ministry documents in the former Soviet Union, Perlmutter sheds new light on the relationship of FDR and Stalin. Several fascinating appendixes reproduce material from the recently declassified Soviet archives relating to this crucial period in American foreign
Policy. FDR & Stalin is a provocative, much-needed reassessment of Roosevelt's role in the re-shaping of international relations after World War II”
“Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-313) and index.”
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