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

by Susan Butler (Editor), Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (Foreword by)

My Dear Mr. Stalin is 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.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, World War II

361 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Note there are multiple authors with this name on Goodreads.

Susan (2) Butler = American (Missouri) author of The North Wing.

Susan (3) Butler = Australian author of Macquarie Dictionary.

Susan (4) Butler = American (Massachusetts) author of The Hermit Thrush Sings.

Susan (5) Butler = American journalist and biographer

Susan (6) Butler = co-creator of children's books with husband illustrator (cartoonist) Nate Butler

Reviews

[Todd Wright]

Some correspondence is fascinating, but it is mostly boring. FDR thought he could manage Stalin, he couldn't.

[Ainhoa]

Último libro del año por mi parte.

Si te gusta la historia y más concretamente el período de la segunda guerra mundial es un libro imprescindible para entender las relaciones diplomáticas entre estos dos líderes. Lástima que Roosevelt no viviera para ver con sus propios ojos el fin de la guerra y que con Truman las relaciones con la URSS se truncaran del todo.

Feliz navidad y buenas lecturas a todos el próximo año.

[Chuck]

The Complete Correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Joseph V. Stalin. Fascinating.

[S L S]

Liked this book. I'm a big FDR fan.