The Rise and Fall of the Grand Alliance, 194145 [Paperback]

This collection by leading British and American scholars on twentieth century international history covers the strategy, diplomacy and intelligence of the Anglo-American-Soviet alliance during the Second World War. It includes the evolution of allied war aims in both the European and Pacific theatres, the policies surrounding the development and use of the atomic bomb and the evolution of the international intelligence community. It also considers the origins and consequences of inter-allied economic relations as they emerged during the war and the personal relationship between Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.Notes on Contributors - Introduction - Anglo-American War Aims, 1941-43, 'The First Review': Eden's Mission to Washington; W.F.Kimball - Soviet War Aims; J.Haslam - American Foreign Economic Policy and Lend/Lease; K.Burk - The Soviet Economy and Relations with the United States and Britain 1941-45; M.Harrison - Churchill's Roosevelt; J.Charmley - Anglo-American-Soviet Intelligence Relations; C.Andrew - Stalin, Soviet Strategy and the Grand Alliance; J.Erickson - Anglo-American Strategy; C.Barnett - The War against Japan and Allied Relations; P.Lowe - The Atomic Bomb and the End of the Wartime Alliance; D.Holloway - Yalta, Potsdam and Beyond: The British and American Perspectives; N.A.Graebner - Index