Churchill, Whitehall and the Soviet Union, 1940-45

by Martin Folly

World War II threw Britain and the Soviet Union together as unlikely allies. This book examines British policy-makers' attitudes to cooperation with the USSR and shows how views of internal developments in the USSR and of Stalin himself influenced Churchill, the War Cabinet and the Foreign Office to believe that long-term collaboration was a desirable and achievable goal. In particular, it was assumed that a shared concern to prevent future German...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333754468
• ISBN13: 9780333754467
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"