My Dear Mr. Stalin : The Complete Correspondence Between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin

by Edited, with Commentary, by Susan Butler; Foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

• ISBN13: 9780300108545
• ISBN10: 0300108540
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

My Dear Mr. Stalinis the first publication that contains the complete correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. This collection of more than three hundred hot-war messages, never before fully available in any language, is an invaluable primary source for understanding the relationship that developed between these two great world leaders during a time of supreme world crisis. The correspondence, secret at the time, begins with a letter Roosevelt wrote to Stalin offering aid to the Soviet Union following Hitler's surprise attack in 1941. It ends with a message that was an attempt to minimize the differences between the two leaders, approved by Roosevelt only minutes before his death in 1945. The book traces the evolution of their unique relationship, revealing the statesmanship of the two men and their thinking about the grave events of their time. An informative introduction to the volume and generous annotations set the letters in context.

Author Biography

SUSAN BUTLER is the author of East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.	ix
Acknowledgments	xvii
A Note on the Text	xix
Introduction	1	(32)
Correspondence	33	(294)
Appendix	327	(4)
List of Abbreviations	331	(2)
Notes	333	(8)
Selected Bibliography	341	(4)
Document Source Notes	345	(4)
Index	349