Reviews

"FDR fought two battles over his wartime policies toward the Soviet Union: one with that suspicious, recalcitrant ally--the other with his own bureaucrats and diplomats. Glantz's fine study neatly places both battles within the complex context of Roosevelt's maneuverings aimed at holding the Grand Alliance together while constructing a lasting postwar peace."--Warren F. Kimball, author of The Juggler: Franklin Roosevelt as Wartime Statesman"With balance, perception, and objectivity, Glantz provides a new account of the relations between the two powers most responsible for Allied victory."--Norman Saul, author of War and Revolution: The United States and Russia, 1914-1921"An important, original, and significant contribution."--Mark A. Stoler, author of Allies and Adversaries: The Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Grand Alliance, and U.S. Strategy in World War II

"The diplomatic battles identified by Mary Glantz that added to Franklin Roosevelt's burdens were between the president and those entrusted with carrying out his policy towards the Soviet Union. Glatnz has undoubtedly made a distinct contribution to our understanding of the evolution of his policy in her wide-ranging, well researched, and stimulating study."--Brian Holden Reid in SEER"Glantz provides solid evidence and persuasive argumentation to make her case. . . . For those who like good, old-fashioned diplomatic history this book will be a pleasure to read. . . . Foreign relations specialists, FDR and World War II aficionados, and students of the policy-making process (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) will find the book of interest."--H-NET Reviews "Of value to anyone interested in Soviet-American relations before and during World War II."--American Historical Review"A valuable corrective to ideologically inspired assaults on Roosevelt's wartime policies, this book belongs on the shelves of university libraries and the reading lists for graduate courses in U.S. foreign relations."--Historian"In short, [Glantz's] work shows what happens when a careful historian pays close attention to (as the saying goes) 'what one clerk said to another.' FDR and the Soviet Union merits wide readership among specialists on American-Soviet relations, the origins of the Cold War, and American and Soviet military affairs."'Slavic Review