占领者Conquerers
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作者： Michael R. Beschloss著
出 版 社： Scribner
出版时间： 2002-10-1字数：版次： 1页数： 375印刷时间： 2002/10/01开本： 16开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780684810270包装： 精装内容简介
Long before an Allied victory was assured during World War II, the Big Three--Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin--began discussing how to prevent Germany from ever again threatening the world. The fact that Germany today is a peaceful, democratic ally of the U.S. is "one of America's great twentieth-century international achievements," writes esteemed historian Michael Beschloss. How such a transformation was accomplished is the subject of The Conquerors.
Drawing on thousands of previously unreleased documents, secret audio recordings, private diaries, and other information recently made available, Beschloss details the complex diplomacy between the Allied leaders, including their differences over whether to demand Germany's unconditional surrender; how, if at all, to divide Germany after the war; and how to effectively punish Germany without creating the kind of resentment that led to the rise of Hitler. The relationship between the three leaders, and later, Truman, is fascinating, as Beschloss reveals private conversations, ulterior motives, and numerous back-channel deals that took place. Of particular interest is the maneuvering of Roosevelt and Churchill, who were both concerned that the Soviets would attempt a postwar power grab in Western Europe if given the chance. The book also deals with Roosevelt's reluctance to deal with Germany's systematic extermination of the Jews, and the role that his old friend and Treasury Secretary, Henry Morgenthau, Jr., played in pushing the President into action. After learning of the Holocaust, Morgenthau became obsessed with punishing Germany severely, drafting a plan that called for the complete destruction of their mines and factories as a way of forcing Germany into subsistence farming--ideas that put him at odds with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Secretary of War Henry Stimson, and many others in the administration.
The Conquerors is a superbly written, if brief, treatment of the political events leading up to the defeat of Germany, with the main players brought vividly to life by Beschloss's keen eye for detail and his ability to expose the human strengths and weaknesses of the participants. --Shawn Carkonen
目录
PREFACE
CHAPTER ONE
The Plot to Murder Hitler
CHAPTER TWO
"Unconditional Surrender"
CHAPTER THREE
"Fifty Thousand Germans Must Be Shot!"
CHAPTER FOUR
"On the Back of an Envelope"
CHAPTER FIVE
The Terrible Silence
CHAPTER SIX
The "One Hundred Percent American"
CHAPTER SEVEN
"Oppressor of the Iews"
CHAPTER EIGHT
"We Will Have to Get Awfully Busy"
CHAPTER NINE
"Not Nearly as Bad as Sending Them to Gas Chambers"
CHAPTER TEN
"Somebody's Got to Take the Lead"
CHAPTER ELEVEN
"Christianity and Kindness"
CHAPTER TWELVE
"It Is Very, Very Necessary"
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
"Do You Want Me to Beg Like Fala?"
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
"A Hell of a Hubbub"
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"As Useful as Ten Fresh German Divisions"
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
"Lord Give the President Strength"
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
"The Only Bond Is Their Common Hate"
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
"Arguing About the Future of the World"
CHAPTER NINETEEN
"No Earthly Powers Can Keep Him Here"
CHAPTER TWENTY
"What Will We Make of It?"
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
"I Was Never in Favor of That Crazy Plan"
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
"You and I Will Have to Bear Great Responsibility"
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
"How I Hate This Trip!"
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
"We Are Drifting Toward a Line Down the Center of Germany"
CHAPTER
"The Spirit and Soul
TWENTY-FIVEof a People Reborn"
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
The Conquerors
AUTHOR'S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GENERAL SOURCES
NOTES
INDEX
