03407cam a2200505 i 4500 499699313 TxAuBib 20210101120000.0 200205s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020275032 9780062905680 hardcover 0062905686 hardcover (OCoLC)1083287747 YDX eng YDX rda BDX GK8 BLP OCLCO PX0 TCH CLE NHP LMJ LIV OCLCF VAX UAP VP@ LG# JQM YDXIT NDS IUK TXSCH OCLCA UAP UAB OCL DLC TxAuBib rda Baier, Bret. Three days at the brink : FDR's daring gamble to win World War II / Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney. 3 days at the brink. First edition. New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] ©2019. xiv, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Three days series Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-422) and index. Introduction: finding FDR -- Prologue: the "Big Three" dinner party -- Part one: the making of FDR. To whom much is given ; Into the arena ; The crucible ; In the footsteps of Cousin Teddy -- Part two: seeking greatness. The mighty pen ; Governing in crisis ; Franklin and Winston ; The rise of the Allies ; The common cause -- Part three: three days at the brink. The road to Tehran ; Your house is my house ; Clash of titans ; Like a rainbow -- Part four: the endgame. At last, Overlord ; FDR's final act ; The world he left behind -- The last word: 76 years later: keep talking. November 1943: World War II teetered in the balance. The Nazis controlled nearly all of the European continent. Japan dominated the Pacific. Allied successes at Sicily and Guadalcanal had gained modest ground but at an extraordinary cost. On the Eastern Front, the Soviets had already lost millions of lives. That same month in Tehran, with the fate of the world in question, the 'Big Three,' Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, secretly met for the first time to chart a strategy for defeating Hitler. Over three days, this trio, strange bed fellows united by their mutual responsibility as heads of the Allied powers, made essential decisions that would direct the final years of the war and its aftermath. Meanwhile, looming over the covert meeting was the possible threat of a Nazi assassination plot nicknamed 'Operation Long Jump,' heightening the already dramatic stakes. 20210101. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965. Roosevelt, Franklin D Franklin Delano 1882-1945. Stalin, Joseph 1878-1953. Teheran Conference 1943 Tehran, Iran. Teheran Conference. World War (1939-1945.) 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. HISTORY / Military / World War II. HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. Operation Long Jump. Diplomatic history. Whitney, Catherine, author. Three days series.