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1945: The War That Never Ended
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by Gregor Dallas
Sales Rank: 631913
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 792 pages
Published by: Yale University Press September 1, 2005
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0300109806
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300109801
Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.2 x 2 inches
Weighs: 2.5 pounds
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*Starred Review* The cessation of hostilities in 1945 did not correspond with peace, a bitter paradox Dallas scrutinizes in this exacting history. Although the origin of the cold war may seem controversial, according to Dallas, its cause was simple: Stalin's determination to cash in his 1939 pact with Hitler--with or without Hitler himself. The Soviet dictator's success--it permanently set international boundaries and fueled the imposition of Communist regimes for decades--hinged, in hindsight, on August 1944, according to Dallas. For some euphoric few days, it seemed the war might end: Paris was in insurrection against the retreating Germans and so was Warsaw. However, Eisenhower decided against a rush on Berlin across the northern German plain; simultaneously, Stalin halted his armies to let the Nazis destroy the Polish anti-Communists. The ensuing protraction of the war into the following year, besides consuming millions more lives, permitted all manner of maneuvering over the shape of the postwar world. Telescoping his narrative from conference table to street rubble, Dallas embraces detail yet sustains remarkable dramatic focus. Superbly sensitive to the ground-level tragedy and the high-level politics of 1944-45, the readably fluent Dallas proves integral to understanding both what is known and unknown about the cataclysmic conclusion of World War II. Gilbert Taylor
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“[This book] reads like a conversation with a sympathetic guide who has a sure eye for paradox, the unexpected detail and the almost forgotten . . . . Dallas convincingly demonstrates that where we are can be understood only by reference to where we were.”—Daily Telegraph
(Alan Judd Daily Telegraph )
“This book should be read by every American. . .thoroughness of . . .research from diverse secondary sources. . .distinguish the work.”—Virginia Quarterly Review
(Virginia Quarterly Review )
Reader Reviews
A highly opinionated British historian describes his view of the closing year of combat in Europe of World War II and the long political aftermath of military and political decisions made then and into the 1950s. (This is a book on the makings of modern Europe not Asia.) Most Americans will be taken aback by the accusation that the U.S. Administration was compromised by a few communist agents pulling key levers of policy power for, at best, a very distracted FDR; the highly negative portrayal of Eisenhower's leadership; the assertion that it is a myth that U.S. troops won the war; and the dismissing of the good intentions of the Marshall Plan. I do not accept all the basic assertions of Dr. Dallas, especially his broad contempt for the actions and motives of the U.S. However, he has written an extremely interesting, albeit biased, history on why the fifty year period of time after 1945 played out as it did especially as between Poland, France, Germany, the USSR, and Great Britain. A challenging book well worth reading for those interested in Europe at a time when politics were conducted as a different form of war.
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