The conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
20th Century 1939-1945 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history 1939-1945 - Germany American history: Second World War Biography & Autobiography Conservatism Diplomatic History Europe Franklin D General Germany Government & Constitution Harry S Henry History History - Military History of the Americas History: World Holocaust International Relations International Relations - General Military Military - World War II Modern Modern - 20th Century Morgenthau Political Political Science Political leaders & leadership Presidents & Heads of State Reconstruction (1939-1951) Reconstruction (1939-1951) - Germany Roosevelt Second World War Truman USA United States United States - Foreign relations - 1933-1945 United States - Politics and government - 1933-1945 War World War World War II World War II - Europe
Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster, c2003.
Published: Sep 30, 2003
Description:
SUMMARY: A New York Times bestseller, The Conquerors reveals how Franklin Roosevelt's and Harry Truman's private struggles with their aides and Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin affected the unfolding of the Holocaust and the fate of vanquished Nazi Germany.With monumental fairness and balance, The Conquerors shows how Roosevelt privately refused desperate pleas to speak out directly against the Holocaust, to save Jewish refugees and to explore the possible bombing of Auschwitz to stop the killing. The book also shows FDR's fierce will to ensure that Germany would never threaten the world again. Near the end of World War II, he abruptly endorsed the secret plan of his friend, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, to reduce the Germans to a primitive existence -- despite Churchill's fear that crushing postwar Germany would let the Soviets conquer the continent. The book finally shows how, after FDR's death, President Truman rebelled against Roosevelt's tough approach and adopted the Marshall Plan and other more conciliatory policies that culminated in today's democratic, united Europe.