The conquerors Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
The Conquerors provides a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes negotiations during World War II that led to the emasculation of Germany. As Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led the United States in World War II in Europe, they had to deal with the question of what kind of government should...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The conquerors |b Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 |c Michael Beschloss |
| 250 | |a Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York |b Simon & Schuster |c 2003 | ||
| 300 | |a xiv, 377 p., [16] p. of plates |b ill. |c 25 cm | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Plot to murder Hitler -- "Unconditional surrender" -- "Fifty thousand Germans must be shot!" -- "On the back of an envelope" -- Terrible silence -- "One hundred percent American" -- "Oppressor of the Jews" -- "We will have to get awfully busy" -- "Not nearly as bad as sending them to gas chambers" -- Somebody's got to take the lead" -- "Christianity and kindness" -- "It is very, very necessary" -- "Do you want me to beg like Fala?" -- "A hell of a hubbub" -- "As useful as ten fresh German divisions" -- "Lord give the president strength" -- "The only bond is their common hate" -- "Arguing about the future of the world" -- "No earthly powers can keep him here" -- "What will we make of it?" -- "I was never in favor of that crazy plan" -- "You and I will have to bear great responsibility" -- "How I hate this trip!" -- "We are drifting toward a line down the center of Germany" -- "Spirit and soul of a people reborn" -- Conquerors | |
| 520 | |a The Conquerors provides a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes negotiations during World War II that led to the emasculation of Germany. As Presidents Roosevelt and Truman led the United States in World War II in Europe, they had to deal with the question of what kind of government should be imposed on Nazi Germany to ensure that Germany could never again drag the world into war. The Conquerors tells the story with much intimate detail and colour of how Roosevelt and Truman privately struggled in their own minds and with titanic allies like Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin, through summits and secret messages, to answer this question. Roosevelt did not react to increasing evidence of the Holocaust, but close friend and Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., privately pressed Roosevelt to accept what was soon called the "Morgenthau plan" - teach the Germans a lesson and destroy their ability to make war by destroying their industrial base and letting many Germans starve to death. Bechloss also revels how Harry Truman, on abruptly assuming the Presidency, was briefed on the Morgenthau Plan and was appalled. Truman, backed by Cabinet members, turned his back on the plan, fired Morgenthau, and moved toward Germany's division between East and West, allowing West Germany to become the bulwark of Western opposition to Soviet expansionism in Europe. | ||
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| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Truman, Harry S. |d 1884-1972 |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Morgenthau, Henry |d 1891-1967 |
| 650 | 0 | |a world war, 1939-1945 |z Germany | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Reconstruction (1939-1951) |z Germany | |
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