| The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 Contributor(s): Beschloss, Michael R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743244540 ISBN-13: 9780743244541 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Based on thousands of pages of newly opened documents and detailed notes by the highest-level players, this acclaimed book reveals how FDR and Truman's private struggles with their allies and aides affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Holocaust - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 940.53 |
| LCCN: 2002030331 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 6.18" W x 9.2" (1.02 lbs) 377 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Germany - Topical - Holocaust |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany. With monumental fairness and balance, The Conquerors shows how Roosevelt privately refused desperate pleas to speak out directly against the Holocaust, to save Jewish refugees and to explore the possible bombing of Auschwitz to stop the killing. The book also shows FDR's fierce will to ensure that Germany would never threaten the world again. Near the end of World War II, he abruptly endorsed the secret plan of his friend, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, to reduce the Germans to a primitive existence -- despite Churchill's fear that crushing postwar Germany would let the Soviets conquer the continent. The book finally shows how, after FDR's death, President Truman rebelled against Roosevelt's tough approach and adopted the Marshall Plan and other more conciliatory policies that culminated in today's democratic, united Europe. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beschloss, Michael R.: - Michael Beschloss has been called "the nation's leading Presidential historian" by Newsweek. He has written eight books on American Presidents and is NBC News Presidential Historian, as well as contributor to PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and two sons. |