diplomatic history

Examines Allied diplomacy from 1941 to 1946, drawing on international sources to argue that Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and other leaders worked within a "Europe/America" framework instead of an "East/West" collaboration, and discusses how that outlook influenced the outcome of the war.

A detailed analysis of the 1945 Yalta Conference that describes the politics and the roles of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill in the controversial summit.

An exploration of the Munich Four-Power Agreement that discusses events that led up to it, provides accounts of the negotiations, and examining the outcome of the pact.

Examines the negotiations that partitioned Europe and laid the foundations of the Cold War.

Discusses the beginning of the conflict in Vietnam from the early struggle for independence from French colonizers to the start of America's involvement in the 1950s.

Traces the crisis period leading up to America's entry into World War II, describing the nation's polarized interventionist and isolationist factions as represented by the government, in the press, and on the streets.

Examines the relationship between Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt from their first meeting in 1918, drawing from interviews and unpublished letters to discuss their opinions of each other, their joint effort in World War II, their personal affection and squabbles, and the interactions between their families.

Examines the uneasy alliance between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin throughout World War II, and describes how the three Allied leaders came together to defeat a common enemy and how that partnership led to the Cold War after 1945.

Examines the factors which increasingly eroded the negotiations among Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Charles de Gaulle druing World War II, and discusses how those factors affected Allied policy during the war and after it.

Explains how Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, as well as several lesser nations, began an eight-month committee session in Vienna to bring stability to Europe after Napoleon's unsuccessful Russian campaign of 1812.