Using recently declassified documents, Messer traces Byrnes's performance from the Yalta Conference through the postwar dealings with the Soviet Union. He sees the failure of the Soviet-American collaboration to continue into the postwar years as the result of several unrelated events–the struggle between Byrnes and Truman to become Roosevelt's successor in 1944, Roosevelt's use of Byrnes as his Yalta salesman," and Byrnes's distorted view of the Yalta Conference." Originally published in 1982. A UNC Press Enduring Edition – UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author(s): Robert L. Messer
Series: Unc Press Enduring Editions
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 305
City: Chapel Hill
Tags: United States: Foreign Relations: 1945-1953, World War, 1939-1945: Diplomatic History, United States: Foreign Relations: Soviet Union, Soviet Union: Foreign Relations: United States, Byrnes: James Francis 1879-1972, Roosevelt: Franklin Delano, 1882-1945, Truman: Harry S., 1884-1972
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Struggle for Succession
Chapter 3. The Making of a Myth: Byrnes at Yalta
Chapter 4. The Selling of a Myth: Byrnes as the Expert on Yalta
Chapter 5. The Partnership: Byrnes, Truman, and the Bomb
Chapter 6. Together at the Summit: The Potsdam Conference
Chapter 7. The First Big Test: The London Council of Foreign Ministers
Chapter 8. The Decline: Byrnes in Moscow
Chapter 9. The Fall: Truman Takes Command
Chapter 10. The Cold War Consensus
Chapter 11. Man of the Year. Chapter 12. Et Tu Brute?: Byrnes and Truman in HistoryNotes
Selected List of Sources
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