An insightful review of the dynamics of the Grand Alliance in World War II through the messages exchanged by the "Big Three." Stalin exchanged more than six hundred messages with allied leaders Churchill and Roosevelt during World War II. In this fascinating volume—the product of a unique British-Russian academic collaboration—the messages are published and analyzed in their historical context. From personal greetings to significant statements on diplomacy and strategy, the book offers fascinating new revelations about the political intrigues and human stories behind the allied triumvirate.

Edited and narrated by two of the leading scholars of World War II diplomacy, based on hundreds of studies from British, American, and newly available Russian archives, this vital addition to the study of the war illuminates an alliance that truly worked, while revealing the issues and egos that laid the groundwork for the subsequent Cold War.