The Stalin affair : the impossible alliance that won the war

Milton, Giles, author.

First U.S. edition.

Book

New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2024.

©2022

xx, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

"The remarkable true story of the motley group of allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin's mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II ... Based on unpublished diaries, letters and secret reports, The Stalin Affair reveals troves of new material about the path to Allied victory, full of vivid scenes between celebrated and infamous World War II figures. Ultimately, it provides fascinating, richly nuanced portrait of one of history's most complicated and notorious dictators"-- Provided by publisher.

Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.

Soviet Union -- Relations -- United States.

United States -- Relations -- Soviet Union.

Soviet Union -- Relations -- Great Britain.

Great Britain -- Relations -- Soviet Union.

Impossible alliance that won the war

Allies' secret mission to wartime Moscow

Shock waves. Winston's broadcast ; Roosevelt meets the press ; Stalin's crisis -- First alliance. A man named Averell ; Meeting Winston ; A deepening friendship ; Kathy and Churchill -- Seeking Stalin. Unwecome guests ; Moscow aflame ; The big two ; Meeting Stalin ; Taking flight ; At Chequers -- A fresh start. Call me Archie ; In Stalin's bunker ; Spring thaw ; Old Bootface ; Troubled waters ; Mission from hell ; A battle of wills ; Stalin's lifeline ; Uncle Joe -- Storm clouds. Uncertain allies ; Ambassador Averell ; The deep end ; The real Moscow ; In the ruins of Stalingrad ; The big three ; Christmas in Moscow -- Darkness and light. Into the forest ; Behind the Soviet curtain ; Sunshine in Moscow ; D-Day ; Poles apart -- The reckoning. The face of war ; Churchill's naughty document ; Archie's Moscow masseur ; The future of the world ; Averell goes rogue -- Afterlives.

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