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024 7 _a10.1515/9781400839520
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400839520
035 _a(DE-B1597)453757
035 _a(OCoLC)979578823
040 _aDE-B1597
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aCostigliola, Frank
_eautore
245 1 0 _aRoosevelt's Lost Alliances :
_bHow Personal Politics Helped Start the Cold War /
_cFrank Costigliola.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2011]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (544 p.) :
_b26 halftones.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tKey Players --
_tIntroduction --
_tChapter 1. A Portrait of the Allies as Young Men --
_tChapter 2. From Missy to Molotov --
_tChapter 3. The Personal Touch --
_tChapter 4. Transcending Differences --
_tChapter 5. Creating the "Family Circle" --
_tChapter 6. "I've Worked It Out" --
_tChapter 7. The Diplomacy of Trauma --
_tChapter 8. Guns and Kisses in the Kremlin --
_tChapter 9. "Roosevelt's Death Has Changed Everything" --
_tChapter 10. The Lost Alliance --
_tConclusion and Epilogue --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tBibliographical Note --
_tNotes --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIn the spring of 1945, as the Allied victory in Europe was approaching, the shape of the postwar world hinged on the personal politics and flawed personalities of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. Roosevelt's Lost Alliances captures this moment and shows how FDR crafted a winning coalition by overcoming the different habits, upbringings, sympathies, and past experiences of the three leaders. In particular, Roosevelt trained his famous charm on Stalin, lavishing respect on him, salving his insecurities, and rendering him more amenable to compromise on some matters. Yet, even as he pursued a lasting peace, FDR was alienating his own intimate circle of advisers and becoming dangerously isolated. After his death, postwar cooperation depended on Harry Truman, who, with very different sensibilities, heeded the embittered "Soviet experts" his predecessor had kept distant. A Grand Alliance was painstakingly built and carelessly lost. The Cold War was by no means inevitable. This landmark study brings to light key overlooked documents, such as the Yalta diary of Roosevelt's daughter Anna; the intimate letters of Roosevelt's de facto chief of staff, Missy LeHand; and the wiretap transcripts of estranged adviser Harry Hopkins. With a gripping narrative and subtle analysis, Roosevelt's Lost Alliances lays out a new approach to foreign relations history. Frank Costigliola highlights the interplay between national political interests and more contingent factors, such as the personalities of leaders and the culturally conditioned emotions forming their perceptions and driving their actions. Foreign relations flowed from personal politics--a lesson pertinent to historians, diplomats, and citizens alike.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
650 0 _aCold War
_xDiplomatic history.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xDiplomatic history.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Europe / General.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781400839520?locatt=mode:legacy
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400839520
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