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Edmonds, Robin.

The big three : Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin in peace & war / - 1st ed. - New York : Norton, �1991. - 608 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 499-582) and index.

1. The big three : first encounter -- 2. Retrospect : three paths to power -- 3. The international setting, 1933-38 -- 4. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin in the gathering storm -- 5. The onset of war, 1939 -- 6. The Phoney war, 1939-40 -- 7. Churchill alone, 1940 -- 8. The Common law alliance, 1941 -- 9. Global war : the beginnings of the grand alliance -- 10. The Caesura, December 1941 -- 11. The Alliance confused : December 1941-July 1942 -- 12. The invasion of North Africa-a second front? -- 13. The approach to Teheran : January-October 1943 -- 14. The Teheran conference : November-December 1943 -- 15. The Alliance dominant -- 16. The hidden dimension -- 17. The Crimean conference : Yalta, 4-11 February 1945 -- 18. The Alliance victorious -- 19. The big three : into the future.

Examines the three leaders, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who were tempered in peacetime by personal and political adversity for their wartime rules.

ISBN: 0393028895 9780393028898

LCCN: 90006854

Subjects--Personal Names:
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.
Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939 - 1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomatieke betrekkingen.
Internationale politiek.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

LC Class. No.: D749 / .E36 1991

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/2