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'Delivered with flamboyance, it features a sparkling cast of chancers' KATJA HOYER, Daily Telegraph 5* review
'Page-turning . . . a sizzling high-stakes tale' JAMES HOLLAND
'This book might read like the screenplay of a gripping movie, yet every word is accurate and verified' ANDREW ROBERTS
'Giles Milton is aâŚ
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This is a gripping narrative of the uneasy partnership between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin during World War II. Drawing on unpublished diaries, letters, and secret reports, Milton reveals how a diverse cast of diplomats and political figuresâincluding U.S. billionaire envoy W. Averell Harriman, his charming daughter Kathy and Archibald âArchieâ Clark Kerr, the British ambassador to the Soviet Unionâworked to manage Stalinâs volatile temperament and secure Soviet cooperation against Hitler.
The book explores how Churchill, despite his deep mistrust of Stalin, recognized the strategic necessity of alliance after Hitlerâs invasion of the Soviet Union. It also details the internal resistanceâŚ
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