The Conquerors
Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Format: Book
Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Description: xiv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchill and Stalin over how to ensure that Germany could never threaten the world again.
Contents:
Plot to murder Hitler -- "Unconditional surrender" -- "Fifty thousand Germans must be shot!" -- "On the back of an envelope" -- Terrible silence -- "One hundred percent American" -- "Oppressor of the Jews" -- "We will have to get awfully busy" -- "Not nearly as bad as sending them to gas chambers" -- Somebody's got to take the lead" -- "Christianity and kindness" -- "It is very, very necessary" -- "Do you want me to beg like Fala?" -- "A hell of a hubbub" -- "As useful as ten fresh German divisions" -- "Lord give the president strength" -- "The only bond is their common hate" -- "Arguing about the future of the world" -- "No earthly powers can keep him here" -- "What will we make of it?" -- "I was never in favor of that crazy plan" -- "You and I will have to bear great responsibility" -- "How I hate this trip!" -- "We are drifting toward a line down the center of Germany" -- "Spirit and soul of a people reborn" -- Conquerors.
Subjects:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
מורגנטאו, הנרי, 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
רוזולט, פרנקלין דילנו, 1945-1882.
טרומן, הריס, 1972-1884.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
מורגנטאו, הנרי, 1882-1945.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
רוזולט, פרנקלין דילנו, 1945-1882.
טרומן, הריס, 1972-1884.
ISBN:
0743244540
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Includes bibliographical references and index.