Reviews
"With archival riches evident on almost every page and with the relevant monographic literature thoroughly absorbed, this lucid study will please scholar and general reader alike."--Journal of American History, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York Times Book Review"A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The New Republic"Lucid, sympathetic, but critical, this is, quite simply, the best book that has been written on this important subject."--William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill"With archival riches evident on almost every page and with the relevant monographic literature thoroughly absorbed, this lucid study will please scholar and general reader alike."--Journal of American History, "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The New Republic, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."-- New York Times Book Review "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."-- The New Republic, "Lucid, sympathetic, but critical, this is, quite simply, the best book that has been written on this important subject."--William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracinga world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes andvillains of the day before yesterday are alive again in thesepages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York TimesBook Review, "With archival riches evident on almost every page and with the relevantmonographic literature thoroughly absorbed, this lucid study will please scholarand general reader alike."--Journal of American History, "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable toscholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The NewRepublic, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York Times Book Review "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The New Republic "Lucid, sympathetic, but critical, this is, quite simply, the best book that has been written on this important subject."--William E. Leuchtenburg, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "With archival riches evident on almost every page and with the relevant monographic literature thoroughly absorbed, this lucid study will please scholar and general reader alike."--Journal of American History, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York TimesBook Review, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York Times BookReview "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The New Republic, "A dazzling narrative...elegant...history on the grandest scale, embracing a world-wide cast of characters and all the continents....All the heroes and villains of the day before yesterday are alive again in these pages--particularly Churchill, Stalin, DeGaulle, and Chiang."--New York Times Book Review "A book that will become a landmark in its field, indispensable to scholars and critical to our understanding of American foreign policy."--The New Republic
