The Globalisation of War: Yalta Conference, Burma and Pacific War Continues, Germany Defeated, The Bomb is Used - Couverture souple

Browne, Nicholas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1739121058 ISBN 13 : 9781739121051

Editeur : Hogarth Tutorials, 2023

Synopsis

This volume is concerned with how the war was ended and how power was distributed. This was best seen at the Yalta Conference where the big three leaders met. What was remarkable about the conference was Stalin’s determination to extend his influence into Eastern Europe with the border on a Slav line and Roosevelt teaming up with Stalin to belittle the British Empire. Neither Roosevelt nor Stalin thought they ruled empires, they thought of themselves as leaders of a nation and the contiguity of their structure validated this. Roosevelt was very ill and it was a magnificent effort to get to Yalta but he came with one big objective which was to further the establishment of the United Nations. Here he was at odds with the British Empire who wanted several nations to be included as sovereign states. The Soviets wanted two extra places but sided with the US against the British. The big division was on Poland. The Lublin Poles were under the control of the Soviets and were not going to be undermined by the London Poles who wanted democratic elections to parliament. Stalin paid lip service to democracy but it did not engage him. At Yalta, Stalin got what he wanted, Roosevelt pushed on with the United Nations while Churchill felt isolated. The two leaders with territory that was on the whole contiguous, had ganged up on him. Roosevelt was intent on dismembering the British Empire and he was succeeding. The war ended in Europe in May 1945. It would continue in the east for another few months bought to an end by the atom bomb which is a remarkable story on its own.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicholas Browne was born in Auckland New Zealand in 1938. His parents were New Zealanders and his father was killed in the war in 1943. His mother remarried and went to live in Kenya in 1952 where she remained for thirty years. From regular visits, Nicholas gained an extensive knowledge of East Africa. Nicholas was educated at Clifton and Jesus College Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences. After a spell at St George’s Hospital he gave up medicine and started writing. and teaching. With John Marsden, a former Eton housemaster, he started Collingham College in 1976 which has grown from humble beginnings into a substantial school in central London. Nicholas lives in London and Wensleydale North Yorkshire. He served as a councillor for Hammersmith and Fulham from 1968 - 76 and continued his interest in politics by being chairman of the Fulham Patrons Club and continued as joint chairman when it merged with Kensington and Chelsea. He has also been chairman of trustees for 15 years of the Brunswick Club for Young People which attracts a thousand people a year. He has been married for nearly 50 years to Henrietta and has two children and three grandchildren.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hogarth Tutorials
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1739121058
• ISBN 13: 9781739121051
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 309
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible