Potsdam : the end of World War II and the remaking of Europe / Michael Neiber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neiberg, Michael S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potsdam Conference (1945 : Potsdam, Germany).

Potsdam Conference.

World War, 1939-1945--Peace.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After Germany's defeat in World War II, Europe lay in tatters. Millions of refugees were dispersed across the continent. Food and fuel were scarce. Britain was bankrupt, while Germany had been reduced to rubble. In July of 1945, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin gathered in a quiet suburb of Berlin to negotiate a lasting peace: a peace that would finally put an end to the conflagration that had started in 1914, a peace under which Europe could be rebuilt.The award-winning historian Michael Neiberg brings the turbulent Potsdam conference to life, vividly capturing the delegates.

Contents:

1. "Jesus Christ and General Jackson"; 2. "The Most Terrible Responsibility Any Man Ever Faced"; 3. May Days; 4. "Our Troubles Might Not Yet Be Over"; 5. "A Vast Undertaking": Coming to Potsdam; 6. "What a Scene of Destruction"; 7. "In Seventeen DaysYou Can Decide Anything"; 8. "I Dreamed That My Life Was Over"; 9. "Dismemberment as a Permanent Fate"? Solving the Problem of Germany; 10. "The Bastard of Versailles"; 11. Dr. Groves's Son and the Fate of East Asia; Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-465-04062-4