Between War and Peace

✍ Scribed by Herbert Feis

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 375
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 2115
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The author brings to life more clearly than ever before the moment of triumph and the intricate web of negotiations preceding the Potsdam Conference in that period between victory and cold war. His account of the Conference itself- recreating the feelings of tension, the personalities of the leaders, the steady pressures of the Russians-is likely to remain the standard reference. One sees Truman, still uncomfortable in office but determined to get matters settled quickly. There is Churchill, the master of eloquence and maneuver, suddenly replaced by Attlee in the midst of negotiations. And there is Stalin, always suspicious, always pushing for expansion. Between War and Peace shows these leaders trying to evaluate the atomic bomb, Truman hopeful Churchill enthusiastic, Stalin apparently uninterested and noncommittal.

Originally published in 1960.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
CONTENTS
PART ONE. The Time of Triumph
1 . As the Germans Gave Up
2. The Western Allies Prove Their Good Faith
PART TWO. The Time of Tension
3. Antiphony
4. The Abrupt Slash in Lend-Lease Aid
5. The Quarrel over Poland
6. The Tussle with Tito over Frontiers
7. Uncertainties about Germany
8. Friction over the Former Axis Satellites
9. Anxieties over Austria
PART THREE. The Time of Testing
10. Differing Ideas about How to Deal with the Soviet Government
11. British-American Colloquy
12. The Urge to Re-examine the American Attitude toward theSoviet Union
13. Prologue to Hopkins' Trip to Moscow
14. Cooperation and Dissent at the San Francisco Conference
15. Hopkins-Stalin Talks: The First Avowals
16. Hopkins-Stalin Talks on Poland and the Satellites
17. Hopkins-Stalin Talks on Far Eastern Situations
18. Relief for the San Francisco Conference
19. Davies' Visit to London
20. Discord with de Gaulle
21. Clearing the Wav to the Potsdam Conference
PART FOUR. Terminal: The Conference at Potsdam
22. Preparatory Work and Attitudes
23· The Secret that Traveled to Potsdam
24. Toward a Peace Conference
25. The Former Satellites of Germany
26. Spain
27. Poland: The Consultations before Potsdam
28. Poland: Debate on General Questions
29. Poland: The Struggle over Frontiers
30. Germany: The Crucial Questions
31· Germany: Political Principles
32· Germany: Economic Principles
33· Germany: Reparations
34· The Springing Arch of the Conference
35· A Backward Glance at the Accords about Germany
36. Austria
37· Yugoslavia and Greece
38. Turkey and the Black Sea Straits
39· Iran, the Levant, the Italian Colonies, Tangier
40. France
41. Potsdam: Impressions and Epilogue
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
1. On the Use of a Short Instrument of Surrender for Germany
2. American Policies in Regard to the Provision of Lend-Lease Aid for the Soviet Union and Great Britain after the Ending of the War Against Germany
3. Negotiations about the German Navy and Merchant Marine
4. he Stipulations Regarding a Basic Standard of Living for the Germans in Directive for Eisenhower of May 14, 1945
5. On "War Booty" and "Restitution"
6. Provisions in the Montreux Convention of 1936 Pertinent to Soviet Demands for Revision
7. Text of the Protocol of the Potsdam Conference
Main Sources Cited
Index