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

by Neiberg, Michael S.

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

Potsdam Conference (1945 : Potsdam, Germany)

World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace.

9780465075256 (hardcover : alk. paper) :

0465075258 (hardcover : alk. paper)

xxiv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"Jesus Christ and General Jackson" -- "The most terrible responsibility any man ever faced" -- May days -- "Our troubles might not yet be over" -- "A vast undertaking": coming to Potsdam -- "What a scene of destruction" -- "In seventeen days you can decide anything" -- "I dreamed that my life was over" -- "Dismemberment as a permanent fate"? Solving the problem of Germany -- "The bastard of Versailles" -- Dr. Groves's son and the fate of East Asia -- Conclusion.

Describes the Potsdam conference, which united Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin to establish post-war order, negotiate lasting peace treaties, and try to counter the effects of World War II.

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