PublishedPen & Sword Books, December 2019 |
ISBN9781781590492 |
FormatHardcover, 304 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.6cm |
Based on documents from the Russian archives, this comprehensive study charts the tumultuous wartime relationship between Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It highlights the secret correspondence between the two leaders, records their meetings and conversations in Moscow and at the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam summits, and discloses the confidential communications of Stalin and his diplomats.
Churchill and Stalin has been compiled and edited by three leading Russian and British historians of the Second World War. Their narrative brings together military and political history, documentary analysis and biography in an illuminating way. It reveals how Stalin and Churchill clashed and collaborated in order to achieve victory, and it demonstrates the deep personal relationship between these two great personalities as well as their profound political differences. Even when the Grand Alliance collapsed after the war, they retained their respect and affection for each other. Other important wartime personalities also feature in the documents -President Roosevelt, the British and Soviet foreign ministers, Anthony Eden and Vyacheslav Molotov, Ivan Maisky, the Soviet ambassador in London and Averell Harriman, the American ambassador in Moscow. This fascinating documentary record is linked by a detailed narrative and commentary on the Stalin-Churchill relationship in the context of Anglo-Soviet relations during the war and the politics of the Grand Alliance. A landmark book - it will appeal to all those interested in Churchill and Stalin and in the politics and diplomacy of the Second World War. AUTHOR: Professor Oleg Rzheshevsky is one of Russia's leading experts on the Second World War. His many books include War and Diplomacy: The Making of the Grand Alliance, Voina, 1941-1945, Stalin i Cherchill, and Allies at War: The Soviet, American and British Experience (with Warren Kimball and David Reynolds).. Geoffrey Roberts is Emeritus Professor of History at University College Cork and Senior Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. An internationally renowned expert on Stalin, Soviet foreign policy, and the history of the Cold War, his publications include Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953, Molotov: Stalin's Cold Warrior and Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov. Dr Martin Folly Is a senior lecturer in History at Brunel University and an active member of the Isambard Centre of Historical Research. His work centres on the perceptions and attitudes that shaped relations between the US, Soviet Union and Great Britain during and immediately after the WW2, and his publications include The United States and World War II. 20 b/w illustrations
