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Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953
Harper
October 2010
On Sale: October 19, 2010
432 pages
ISBN: 0061628662
EAN: 9780061628665
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
In a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert
Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful
and populous nations around the globe—Roosevelt, Churchill,
Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman—to rely on traditional
power politics despite the catastrophic violence their
nations had endured. The decisions of these men, for better
and often for worse, had profound consequences for decades
to come, influencing relations and conflicts with China,
Korea, in the Middle East, and around the globe. The Lost Peace is a penetrating look at the misjudgments
that caused enormous strife and suffering during this
critical period, from the closing months of World War II
through the early years of the Cold War. From Hitler's
killing program to Stalin's paranoia to Truman's decision to
build hydrogen bombs, the men who led the world at this time
executed astonishingly unwise actions that propelled the
nuclear arms race and extended the Cold War. Dallek has
written a cautionary tale that considers what might have
been done differently to avoid the difficulties that strong
and weak nations around the globe encountered in the
mid-twentieth century. Provocative, illuminating, and based on a lifetime of
research, The Lost Peace also offers extraordinary lessons
for today's leaders who may learn from the mistakes that
were made between 1945 and 1953 and help them achieve an era
of greater international cooperation.
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