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The Allies: Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II

de Winston Groom

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Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin??the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders??aligned to win World War II and created a new world order.

By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against the axis powers, but three great Allied leaders??Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin??had emerged to control the war in Europe and the Pacific. Vastly different in upbringing and political beliefs, they were not always in agreement??or even on good terms. But, often led by Churchill's enduring spirit, in the end these three men changed the course of history. Using the remarkable letters between the three world leaders, enriching narrative details of their personal lives, and riveting tales of battles won and lost, best-selling historian Winston Groom returns to share one of the biggest stories of the 20th century: The interwoven and remarkable tale, and a fascinating study of leadership styles, of three world leaders who fought the largest war i… (més)

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A very readable but somewhat “light” version of WWII history. The author covers a lot of ground but does not get absorbed with vast detail. This makes the book flow and helps prevent the reader from getting bogged down. Enjoyable. ( )
  labdaddy4 | Sep 12, 2019 |
I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway. This was an excellent read. I was concerned that I might get bored reading a book that was just history but those concerns were unfounded. The writer kept my interest with wonderful bits of information that I had never known before. This book is definitely a learning experience. I found the book enjoyable and informative. Anyone with an interest for WWll history should read this book. Highly recommend. ( )
  Thelmajean | Sep 3, 2019 |
Not a whole lot new here but the fashion of telling is different. Whether Groom intends to do it or not, he clearly indicates the patrician views of Churchill and FDR towards Stalin -- he clearly comes from a different class. Groom also totally ignores the reports of what came to be known as the Hollowcast while giving details of the Kaitlan Forest massacre by the USSR. In writing about three such over-powering figures of the century, one is faced with a choice. Groom tries to be impartial but by the end, he has given us his choice, and I don't disagree with his choice. ( )
  DeaconBernie | Feb 22, 2019 |
Disappointing. A compendium of information from secondary sources (which omits "Roosevelt's Road to Russia"). ( )
  howzzit | Dec 15, 2018 |

Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin walk into a bar...
I'm kidding. This won't be that kind of review. Still, though, when reading The Allies, I did have a little bit of little kid, star struck silliness happening. I grew up in a family heavily saturated in military and global history. I have three granddads in the Navy and shelves upon shelves of history books at my disposal even before I could walk.
Groom does the end-of-war complexities to the table in a way that would definitely make all three of my patriarchs proud. His familiarity with both the human and tactical elements of the time period made the entire book feel like I was sitting at the table, eves dropping.
Through a flurry of letters and corresponding actions and communications, the alliance between the three men (and some smaller players, of course) Groom manages to bring his skill as a historian and his magical novelist powers together to create an astoundingly brilliant historical compilation of one of my personal favorite time periods.
Thank you to TLC Book tours for the chance to be on this leg of the tour.
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Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:

Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin??the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders??aligned to win World War II and created a new world order.

By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against the axis powers, but three great Allied leaders??Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin??had emerged to control the war in Europe and the Pacific. Vastly different in upbringing and political beliefs, they were not always in agreement??or even on good terms. But, often led by Churchill's enduring spirit, in the end these three men changed the course of history. Using the remarkable letters between the three world leaders, enriching narrative details of their personal lives, and riveting tales of battles won and lost, best-selling historian Winston Groom returns to share one of the biggest stories of the 20th century: The interwoven and remarkable tale, and a fascinating study of leadership styles, of three world leaders who fought the largest war i

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