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" The conquerors : "
Michael Beschloss.
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BL
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1046812
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b801182
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Beschloss, Michael R.
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The conquerors : : Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 /\ Michael Beschloss.
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1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
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New York :: Simon & Schuster,, 2003, ©2002.
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xiv, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0743244540
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: 9780743244541
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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As Allied soldiers fought the Nazis, Franklin Roosevelt and, later, Harry Truman fought in private with Churchill and Stalin over how to ensure that Germany could never threaten the world again.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano),1882-1945.
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Morgenthau, Henry,1891-1967.
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Truman, Harry S.,1884-1972.
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Morgenthau, Henry,1891-1967
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Roosevelt, Franklin D.
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Roosevelt, Franklin D., (Franklin Delano),1882-1945
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Truman, Harry S.
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Truman, Harry S.,1884-1972
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Reconstruction (1939-1951)-- Germany.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Diplomatic history.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Germany.
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Diplomatic history.
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Diplomatic relations.
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Politics and government
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Reconstruction (1939-1951)
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Weltkrieg
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United States, Foreign relations, 1933-1945.
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United States, Politics and government, 1933-1945.
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Deutschland.
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Germany.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.531440943
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E807.B46 2003
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