Defeat in victory
1947, First Edition. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Co. Good to very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Some staining to boards. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #479663
Physical description: xvi pages, 1 leaf, 397 pages 22 cm. Contents: Getting accredited -- Lend-Lease points the way, April 1941 -- "Change partners," June 1941 -- Poland, the test case -- Collaboration -- Storm signals up -- Sikorski and Stalin, December 1941 -- Tactics versus policy -- Launching the United Nations, January 1, 1942 -- Russia demands a second front -- America checks British appeasement, May 1942 -- Moscow obstructs formation of Polish forces -- Fear of Russia grows -- "Soviet enigma" puzzles Washington -- Stalemate at Casablanca, January 1943 -- Trifling with principles -- at Poland's expense -- Soviets break with Poland, April 1943 -- Exit Comintern, enter wishful thinking, May 1943 -- Sikorski killed -- Poland fights on
Seesaw at Quebec, August 1943 -- Will America and Britain pull together? -- Mr. Hull flies to Moscow, October 1943 -- Mr. Stettinius at the State Department -- The pattern crystallizes -- From Moscow to Teheran [i.e. Tehran], December 1943 -- The"veto" sneaks in -- First fruits of Moscow and Teheran -- Marking time in Washington -- London compromises, Washington hesitates -- D-Day and politics -- Red carpet for Mikolajczyk, June 1944 -- Diplomacy or politics? -- Soviet "realism" versus good will -- Pressure diplomacy -- Teheran commitment confirmed -- Operation "Four Freedoms" -- Total surrender at Yalta, February 1945 -- The world looks to America -- Test case dismissed. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Poland. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history.
Price: €48.95