1st Edition

War and Diplomacy The Making of the Grand Alliance

By Oleg A. Rzeshevsky Copyright 1996
    358 Pages
    by Routledge

    358 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1996. The value of this collection of Soviet documents, edited by Professor Rzheshevsky, is that it enables us, more fully than before, to understand in detail, for the period 1941-42, what were the tensions which threatened cooperation and how, nonetheless, sufficient agreement was maintained to keep the alliance from falling apart.

    Preface PART I MOSCOW. 15-22 DECEMBER, 1941. CLARIFICATION OF POSITIONS. STALIN SHOWS HIS CLAWS PART II LONDON. 22-27 MAY, 1942. THE DIRECTIVE TO MOLOTOV AND THE TREATY SIGNATURE PART III WASHINGTON. 29 MAY-5 JUNE, 1942. THE ROOSEVELT RIDDLE. THE GRAND ALLIANCE ESTABLISHED PART IV LONDON. 8-11 JUNE, 1942. FINAL DISCUSSIONS. CHURCHILL'S CAMOUFLAGE.

    Biography

    Oleg A. Rzeshevsky Russia Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Translated from the Russian by T. Sorokina.