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"Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. The story of what went wrong during the postwar period…has never been more intelligently explored." —Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Team of Rivals
Robert Dallek follows his bestselling Nixon and Kissenger: Partners in Power and An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963 with this masterful account of the crucial period that shaped the postwar world. As the Obama Administration struggles to define its strategy for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Dallek's critical and compelling look at Truman, Churchill, Stalin, and other world leaders in the wake of World War II not only offers important historical perspective but provides timely insight on America's course into the future.
In a striking reinterpretation of the years following World War II, best-selling author Robert Dallek examines why the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations — Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman — relied on traditional power politics instead of learning from the tragedies of the war. The decisions they made during that time would have profound consequences and affect international politics for decades to come.
The Lost Peace is a penetrating look at the misjudgments that caused so much suffering during this critical period, accelerating the nuclear arms race and extending the Cold War. Dallek, author of Nixon and Kissinger, has written a cautionary tale that not only offers important historical perspective, but also provides timely insight on America’s course into the future. Robert Dallek is the author of Nixon and Kissinger and An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, among other books. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair. He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Society of American Historians, for which he served as president in 2004-2005. He lives in Washington, D.C. “Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership … This seminal work deserves widespread attention.” — Doris Kearns GoodwinYou may also like
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