Imagine being able to eavesdrop on a dinner with three of the most fascinating historical figures of all time. In this landmark book, a talented Harvard historian puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic turning point of the war to discuss the terms of peace. The ink wasn't dry when the accusations began. Conservatives who hated Roosevelt's New Deal accused him of selling out his homeland. Was he too sick? Did he give too much in exchange for Stalin's promise to join the war against Japan? Could he have done better in Eastern Europe? Both sides, Left and Right, would blame Yalta for starting the Cold War. Plokhy's associations are based on unprecedented archival research and are astounding. They contradict the conventional wisdom established during the Cold War, arguing that the ailing Roosevelt did better than we think. Much has been written about how FDR managed the Crisis, here we see him as a wartime leader. Yalta is an authentic, original, vividly written history that is sure to appeal to fans of Margaret MacMillan's bestseller "Paris 1919".