My Dear Mr Stalin – The Complete Correspondence of Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph V Stalin - Hardcover

Butler, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300108540 ISBN 13: 9780300108545

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2006

Synopsis

My Dear Mr. Stalin is the first publication that contains the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, never before fully available in any language, is an invaluable primary source for understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. The correspondence, secret at the time, begins with a letter Roosevelt wrote to Stalin offering aid to the Soviet Union following Hitler's surprise attack in 1941. It ends with a message that was an attempt to minimise the differences between the two leaders, approved by Roosevelt only minutes before his death in 1945. The book traces the evolution of their unique relationship, revealing the statesmanship of the two men and their thinking about the grave events of their time. An informative introduction to the volume and generous annotations set the letters in context.

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About the Author

Susan Butler is the author of East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0300108540
• ISBN 13: 9780300108545
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320