Three days at the brink : FDR's daring gamble to win World War II / Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baier, Bret, author.

Whitney, Catherine, 1950- author.

Series:

Three days series.

Three days series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teheran Conference (1943 : Tehran, Iran).

Teheran Conference.

World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945.

Diplomatic history.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

Physical Description:

xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

3 days at the brink

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollingPublishers, [2019]

Summary:

November 1943: World War II teetered in the balance. The Nazis controlled nearly all of the European continent. Japan dominated the Pacific. Allied successes at Sicily and Guadalcanal had gained modest ground but at an extraordinary cost. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets had already lost millions of lives. That same month in Tehran, with the fate of the world in question, the 'Big Three,' Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, secretly met for the first time to chart a strategy for defeating Hitler. Over three days, this trio, strange bed fellows united by their mutual responsibility as heads of the Allied powers, made essential decisions that would direct the final years of the war and its aftermath. Meanwhile, looming over the covert meeting was the possible threat of a Nazi assassination plot nicknamed 'Operation Long Jump,' heightening the already dramatic stakes.

Contents:

Introduction: finding FDR

Prologue: the "Big Three" dinner party

Part one: the making of FDR. To whom much is given ; Into the arena ; The crucible ; In the footsteps of Cousin Teddy

Part two: seeking greatness. The mighty pen ; Governing in crisis ; Franklin and Winston ; The rise of the Allies ; The common cause

Part three: three days at the brink. The road to Tehran ; Your house is my house ; Clash of titans ; Like a rainbow

Part four: the endgame. At last, overlord ; FDR's final act ; The world he left behind

The last word: 76 years later: keep talking.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-422) and index.

ISBN:

9780062905680

0062905686

OCLC:

1083287747