{"product_id":"the-lost-peace-leadership-in-a-time-of-horror-and-hope-19451953-isbn-9780061628665","title":"The Lost Peace: Leadership in a Time of Horror and Hope, 1945-1953","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. The story of what went wrong during the postwar period…has never been more intelligently explored.\" —Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eTeam of Rivals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Dallek follows his bestselling \u003cem\u003eNixon and Kissenger: Partners in Power\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAn Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963\u003c\/em\u003e with this masterful account of the crucial period that shaped the postwar world. As the Obama Administration struggles to define its strategy for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Dallek's critical and compelling look at Truman, Churchill, Stalin, and other world leaders in the wake of World War II not only offers important historical perspective but provides timely insight on America's course into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eIn a striking reinterpretation of the postwar years, Robert Dallek examines what drove the leaders of the most powerful and populous nations around the globe—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Mao, de Gaulle, and Truman—to rely on traditional power politics despite the catastrophic violence their nations had endured. The decisions of these men, for better and often for worse, had profound consequences for decades to come, influencing relations and conflicts with China, Korea, in the Middle East, and around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lost Peace\u003c\/em\u003e is a penetrating look at the misjudgments that caused enormous strife and suffering during this critical period, from the closing months of World War II through the early years of the Cold War. From Hitler's killing program to Stalin's paranoia to Truman's decision to build hydrogen bombs, the men who led the world at this time executed astonishingly unwise actions that propelled the nuclear arms race and extended the Cold War. Dallek has written a cautionary tale that considers what might have been done differently to avoid the difficulties that strong and weak nations around the globe encountered in the mid-twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative, illuminating, and based on a lifetime of research, \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Peace\u003c\/em\u003e also offers extraordinary lessons for today's leaders who may learn from the mistakes that were made between 1945 and 1953 and help them achieve an era of greater international cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. The story of what went wrong during the postwar period and what might have been if different decisions had been made has never been more intelligently explored.  This seminal work deserves widespread attention.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoris Kearns Goodwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A perceptive work. . . . Veteran historian Dallek delivers a shrewd analysis of why world leaders failed to deliver a better world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Robert Dallek brings to this majestic work a profound understanding of history, a deep engagement in foreign policy, and a lifetime of studying leadership. This seminal work deserves widespread attention.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoris Kearns Goodwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bound to provoke debate, Dallek’s tome should engage the readership for world politics.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An excellent book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889285394661,"sku":"NP9780061628665","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061628665.jpg?v=1730230927","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-lost-peace-leadership-in-a-time-of-horror-and-hope-19451953-isbn-9780061628665","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}