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Sep 29, 2020 · Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance among Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound ...
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Sep 29, 2020 · 4.11. 4,876ratings674reviews. Kindle $17.99. The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference’s fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II.Tensions during the Yalta Conference in February 1945 threatened to ...
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Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.
Mar 4, 2021 · While the story of the Yalta Conference is a history we think we know so well, newly available sources have challenged our preconceptions about this week in ...
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- Washington History Seminar
- Observers of A Fraught Scene
- Kathleen’s Preeminence
- Gestures and Letters
- Daughters at Yalta?
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It is important to imagine the atmosphere into which they plunged. Tensions among the principals were created by clashing interests, huge egos, and sheer fatigue. All had been under severe pressure for years of war. Harriman was annoyed when the President neglected to reserve him a seat at the table for the first session. Secretary of State Byrnes ...
Nor was it remarkable if Roosevelt’s exclusion of Harriman from some meetings affected Kathleen’s dealings with Anna. Their relations were already strained, Katz tells us, because Kathleen was clearly the most accomplished of the three. She had been living in Moscow when her father was ambassador there. She spoke Russian and had extensive experienc...
Katz does not ignore the woman restricted to a cameo role: Svetlana, Stalin’s only daughter. Churchill had met her in Moscow in 1942, when he told the “shy” little girl that he too had a daughter. Svetlana understood English, and later sent Sarah a brooch. Sarah wore it at Yalta, thinking it might create some sort of bond. But Svetlana did not reap...
It is a shame that Katz was unaware of Joan Bright’s papers. She was the extraordinary aide-de-camp to General Ismay, Churchill’s chief military assistant. Bright was instrumental in setting up the Yalta Conference. She knew everyone on the British and American sides. Her papers might have added still more important and interesting details. She too...
Cita Stelzer graduated from Barnard College and was a special aide to New York Mayor John Lindsay and Governor Hugh Carey, before joining an economic consulting firm specializing in regulatory policy. She is the author of two works on Sir Winston: Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table (2013) and Working with Winston: The Unsung W...
Sep 29, 2020 · Roosevelt, filled with his own misgivings about the 6,000-mile trek, decided to ask his timid 38-year-old daughter, Anna, a mother of three, to be his aide-de-camp at Yalta.
Oct 19, 2021 · Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three young women who were chosen by their fathers to travel with them to Yalta, each bound by fierce family loyalty, political savvy, and intertwined romances that powerfully colored these crucial days.
