Roosevelt and Stalin, Susan Butler
Roosevelt and Stalin, Susan Butler
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Roosevelt and Stalin
Portrait of a Partnership

Author: Susan Butler

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 21 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/17/2015

Synopsis

Susan Butler's brilliantly readable book firmly places FDR where he belongs, as the American president engaged most directly in diplomacy and strategy, who not only had an ambitious plan for the postwar world, but had the strength, ambition and personal charm to overcome Churchill's reluctance and Stalin's suspicion to bring about what was, in effect, an American peace, and to avoid the disastrous consequences that followed the botched peace of Versailles in 1919. It is at once a long overdue tribute to FDR and his vision, and a serious work of history that reads like a novel. I would rank it next to Margaret MacMillan's Paris 1919, and casts new light on the character and war aims of Stalin, Churchill and FDR himself. Brava!

About Susan Butler

Susan Butler, whose mother was a member of Amelia Earhart’s flying organization, the Ninety-Nines, is a journalist with an MA degree from Columbia University whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Barron’s, among other publications. She spent ten years writing East to the Dawn, which was her first book. She lives in Lake Wales, Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Socraticgadfly

Butler does a yeoman's job of having gathered together all the Roosevelt-Stalin correspondence, then, here, putting it together in a coherent framework. I learned a few things from the book, and it was somewhat worth the read. But not totally. Beyond some facts, and a bit of framing, my biggest other......more

Goodreads review by Tina

I have taken absolute ages to read this book. It's nearly 600 pages and mine is some pre-publication copy that slows down the simple act of turning the pages (makes flicking through the pages impossible). However, it doesn't fully explain why it has taken so long. The first 200 pages read like a thri......more

Goodreads review by Julian

This book is a story of how Roosevelt and Stalin, both leaders of two vastly different countries, tried to create a better postwar world. This portrayed the difficulties, issues, and all of the relationship building that needed to happen to create a more peaceful world. The argument going into the b......more

Goodreads review by Kenneth

This book details the diplomacy between FDR and Stalin. From the beginning when FDR recognized the communist government in 1933 till his death in April,1945, he had extensive dealings with Stalin. When the war broke out FDR worked to aid Russia through lend-lease despite public and congressional dis......more

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