The Conquerors

This book is a very informative narrative of a very interesting War and time period. It covers just the years 1941 through 1945. Most of it deals with American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, England’s Prime Minister Winston Church Hill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin’s handling of the war again......more

This is a history of Allied planning for a postwar Germany. Noting that Germany evolved, even after reunification, into a peaceful representative democracy, author Beschloss is interested in what went right and how it came to be so despite the passionate debates between and within the allied governm......more

Michael Beschloss is a great presidential historian. In The Conquerors he takes an in-depth behind the scenes look at decision making by the Roosevelt and Truman administrations regarding treatment of Jewish refugees, the Holocaust, and what to do with post-war Germany. Beschloss relies largely on t......more

The book is "The Conquerors" by Michael Beschloss and its focus is somewhat different from what you might expect from the title. I expected the book to be about the strategy and battles of the war against Nazi Germany. To my surprise and minor disappointment, these events were barely mentioned. Inste......more

Michael Beschloss' The Conquerors is a wonderful examination of how Roosevelt, Truman and other Allied leaders planned the destruction of Hitler's war machine as well post-war Germany (remember back when we planned ahead?!). The book focuses heavily on Truman's plans for post-war Germany, and in par......more