Buying Options

Digital List Price:	$35.00
Print List Price:	$20.00
Kindle Price:	$19.00 Save $16.00 (80%)

Promotions apply when you purchase

Deliver to your Kindle Library

You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.

Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

There was an error. We were unable to process your subscription due to an error. Please refresh and try again.

The Kremlin Letters: Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt by [David Reynolds, Vladimir Pechatnov]

Follow the Author

David Reynolds

The Kremlin Letters: Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt Kindle Edition

by David Reynolds (Editor), Vladimir Pechatnov (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition

55 ratings

See all formats and editions

Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$19.00

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Hardcover, Illustrated

"Please retry"

$27.63

$20.99

$2.56

Paperback

"Please retry"

$20.00

$16.58

$10.49

Audio CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$46.90

—

Kindle
$19.00 Read with Our Free App
Audiobook
$0.00 Free with your Audible trial
Hardcover
$27.63

15 Used from $2.56 8 New from $20.99
Paperback
$20.00

6 Used from $10.49 14 New from $16.58
Audio CD
$46.90

1 New from $46.90

A penetrating account of the dynamics of World War II’s Grand Alliance through the messages exchanged by the "Big Three"

Stalin exchanged more than six hundred messages with Allied leaders Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War. In this riveting volume—the fruit of a unique British-Russian scholarly collaboration—the messages are published and also analyzed within their historical context. Ranging from intimate personal greetings to weighty salvos about diplomacy and strategy, this book offers fascinating new revelations of the political machinations and human stories behind the Allied triumvirate.

Edited and narrated by two of the world’s leading scholars on World War II diplomacy and based on a decade of research in British, American, and newly available Russian archives, this crucial addition to wartime scholarship illuminates an alliance that really worked while exposing its fractious limits and the issues and egos that set the stage for the Cold War that followed.

Print length

823 pages
Language

English
Sticky notes

On Kindle Scribe
Publisher

Yale University Press
Publication date

November 27, 2018
File size

15955 KB
Page Flip

Enabled
Word Wise

Enabled
Enhanced typesetting

Enabled
See all details

Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download

David Reynolds
16
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $12.99
David Reynolds
53
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $14.99
David Reynolds
229
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $9.99
David Reynolds
70
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $14.99
David Reynolds
28
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $15.99
David Reynolds
62
Kindle Edition
1 offer from $19.99

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Illuminating and insightful. . . . An indispensable resource.” —Jonathan W. Jordan, Wall Street Journal

"This is a masterful work of history. It should be read by anyone who wants to understand how the world we live in was shaped not only by the whole sequence of events of 1941-45, but also by the thoughts and feelings of just three extraordinary individuals." —Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph

“Fresh and valuable insights into the way Stalin drafted and edited his messages.” — Tony Barber, Financial Times (Books of the Year 2018)

“David Reynolds and Vladimir Pechatnov have done a superbly scholarly job in documenting the relationships Stalin had with Churchill and with Franklin Roosevelt through their epistolary contact.” — Simon Heffer, The Daily Telegraph

“Two eminent scholars have produced a fascinating and detailed narrative of the war’s decision-making that embeds the leaders’ correspondence and memoirs into other archival material.” —Jonathan Steele, The Guardian

This remarkable book collects the wartime correspondence Churchill and Roosevelt received from Stalin – more than 600 letters. Anyone wishing to understand how the Allied powers brought about Hitler’s defeat must read it — Daily Telegraph

“A product of great scholarly labors by David Reynolds and Vladimir Pechatnov, it sheds invaluable light upon the delicate negotiations between the wartime triumvirate of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill.”—Jacob Heilbrunn, Spectator USA

“This is the most ambitious and important book from Yale University Press’ invaluable series of documentary histories drawn from the Soviet archives. Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin exchanged 682 messages between Nazi Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union, in June 1941, and Roosevelt’s death, in April 1945. Beyond the messages themselves, what makes this volume so valuable are the editors’ brisk and penetrating historical introductions and the context they provide for each message.”—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs

Winner of the 2020 Link-Kuehl Prize, sponsored by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

"A must-have volume for anyone seeking to elucidate the interplay between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt between 1941 and 1945. The meticulous research of Professor David Reynolds and Professor Vladimir Pechatnov is a unique Anglo-Russian collaboration based on archival material in Russia, the UK and the USA. But this book offers not just the raw material of the key missives between the three leaders. It also provides a detailed commentary explaining the often constrained language of diplomacy and sets it within the context of what was happening at the time. It presents an Anglophone audience with a compelling and comprehensive account of the triangular network of exchanges at the top level which helped shape this vital period of the Second World War.”—Bridget Kendall

“The fascinating wartime correspondence between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt is set in historical context by its meticulous editors in an admirably succinct and perceptive narrative: a model of Anglo-Russian scholarly cooperation.”—Sir Rodric Braithwaite

“This book will be of great value for historians as an excellent archival reconstruction of an important historical source. In addition to its thorough research, broader audiences it will find it an exciting read. The story of these three world leaders unveils the secrets of politics in the most terrible of wars.”—Oleg Khlevniuk

"Is there anything more to learn from the World War II correspondence of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt? I'd have wondered before reading this volume, but Vladimir Pechatnov, David Reynolds, and their international research team have changed my mind. For not only is The Kremlin Letters filled with new information: it's also a pioneering effort to embed documents within a single sustained narrative, all the more compelling for the collaborations that produced it. Which simultaneously give it precision, great sweep, and best of all freshness—a magnificent accomplishment!"—John Lewis Gaddis, Yale University

“Here the leading British and Russian historians of the Grand Alliance present a gripping and all-encompassing documentary history of Stalin’s relations with Churchill and Roosevelt during the Second World War. A feast of scrupulous research, The Kremlin Letters rewrites the history of the War as we knew it.”—Gabriel Gorodetsky, Quondam Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford and editor of The Maisky Diaries

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

David Reynolds is professor of international history at Cambridge University and the author of eleven books.

Vladimir Pechatnov, a prolific scholar of the Cold War, is chair of European and American studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

James Cameron Stewart trained at Hull University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Some theater highlights of his thirty-six-year career include Frank-n-Furter (The Rocky Horror Show), Thenadier (Les Miserables), the poet Philip Larkin in Larkin with Women (Best Actor nominee, MEN Awards 2005), and originating the part of Hamish in Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Things We Do for Love. In 2008 he published his grandfather's World War I memoirs and toured his one-man show based on them from 2008 to 2011. His television/film credits include Outlander, Jericho, Flying Blind, Golden Years, Emmerdale, London's Burning, Eastenders, Coronation Street, Holby City, and Taggart. He often appears on Radio 4, and is a regular presenter on the weekly The Economist podcast. James loves recording audiobooks and is delighted to have had the opportunity to narrate such a variety of magnificent authors, from Seneca through Max Hastings and Antony Beevor, to superlative fiction by J. M. Coetzee, Michael Dibdin, Stuart MacBride, and more. James's upbringing alternated between the Home Counties and the Isle of Skye. In addition to being an actor, he is a nutritional therapist, a keen sailor, and is at his happiest when flying his hot-air balloon. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07K14XXZW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yale University Press; Illustrated edition (November 27, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 27, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 15955 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 823 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #515,079 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #146 in International Diplomacy (Kindle Store)
- #211 in Letters & Correspondence (Kindle Store)
- #426 in Literary Letters

Customer Reviews:
55 ratings

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Videos

Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video!

Upload your video

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.

David Reynolds

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.

Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5

55 global ratings

5 star		73%
4 star		10%
3 star		9%
2 star		5%
1 star		3%

How customer reviews and ratings work

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Tony Meyer

Excellent.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 3, 2019

Verified Purchase

The characters in this masterpiece are shrouded in intrigue. There is the second front Stalin kept pushing for over two years - - operation overlord. There is Churchill who would insinuate that without the Molotov-Rippentrop pact of August 1939, the German invasion of Russia would not have happened in the first place. Even so, as the authors point out, the alliance of the big three worked anyway. Make this fine book part of your library. This study will never get outdated. The explanations of the cables/ telegrams and letters to and from Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt are scholarly and sophisticated, backed up with in depth analysis. I highly recommend this work for any world war two buff. Finally and also important i improved my vocabulary. Looked up words bouleversement, casuistry, a deux, postprandial, métier, guerre a outrance and dudgeon.

6 people found this helpful

Helpful

Daniel laskowski

Save your money

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 14, 2019

Verified Purchase

Not written well references are absent. Needs work

One person found this helpful

Helpful

The Hands of Comradeship

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 15, 2018

Any reader interested in the direct political interaction between the top three Allied leaders in World War II, especially as related to European affairs, will profit from this book.

The co-authors (one British, the other Russian) provide useful background commentary on the many messages that rifled between Moscow, London, and Washington, D.C. (I do think an American historian may have taken slightly different views at times than these two historians, but nonetheless, many thought provoking subjects are brought forward.)

Some specific thoughts of mine: 1) I did not like the occasional use of the term "Wheelchair President" when referring to FDR; 2) The subject matters gathering most of the attention of the three leaders seemed to be the Second Front, the Northern Convoy, and Poland--both the Katyn Affair and its post-war governance; 3) A British ambassador to Moscow is referred to often, usually quite positively: Archibald Clark Kerr. Those wanting a good book about this odd diplomat might read "Radical Diplomat" by Donald Gillies (1999); 4) I do not agree with a number of the assessments scattered throughout this effort. For example, I do not agree that "In retrospect, the Battle of the Bulge seems like a temporary blip on the Western Front ..." nor do I agree that "Taken in the round, Yalta therefore seemed like a satisfactory piece of complex diplomatic bargaining."; and, 5) I certainly do not accept the rather positive picture painted of Stalin, a man who was responsible for killing millions of his own citizens over the decades, not to mention the cold-blooded murder of the Polish officer corps at Katyn.

All-in-all, however, this is a good book for presenting the actual messages between the three leaders who presided over the hard won victory in World War II.

14 people found this helpful

Helpful

dobielover

Read a Critical Review

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2019

The best critical review of this book was written by Max Hastings, noted British historian of many wars, that appeared in the London Review of Books, Vol 40 - No. 22, November 22, 2018. Go on line. While he deflates the hyperbole surrounding other reviews of the book, e.g., noting that not much new appears there, he does think it's a valuable documentary history. It's an excellent review. You might not need to read the book if you read his review.

5 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Gerry Hassan

An Important Historical Book and Riveting Read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 22, 2018

Verified Purchase

Just the briefest of reviews to counter the idiotic one star review.

This is a book of immense historical importance. It accesses and translates from the Russian Archives the wartime correspondence of Stalin to Churchill and Roosevelt. Thus we gain insight into their personalities, how WW2 was conducted and tensions between the UK, US and Soviets, and understand more the psychological and power dimensions at play.

11 people found this helpful

Cameron Cullen

Incisive and compelling study.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 25, 2020

Verified Purchase

Diplomatic letters have an inbuilt sense of conveying meaning by what is not written, as much as what is. David Reyonds has produced and enduring and remarkable volume that should satisfy any reader with an interest in the subject. Perhaps not the book you might wish to start with, but very useful if you have a good grounding of WW2 history. There are two aspects here. One one hand we have the letters presented as written. And on the other we have the narrative to explain context. The latter is essential. This gives the reader an immense advantage of reading between the lines of the exchange of letters, and then comparing that with the narrative. It's a large volume, tailing off in 1945. Recommended.

2 people found this helpful

Mrs Royle

Relevant still today

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on October 13, 2022

Verified Purchase

This is a phantastic inside into the real motivations and objectives of the 3 main players. One gains insights into their personalities, prejudices and assessments.

It was stark to learn that 10 million soviet soldiers were dead before the Western allies agreed to open the 2nd front in the west. Stalin saw this as an attempt to weaken the USSR. That view prevails in today's Russia.

Sad to think that such magnificent collaboration of the 2 authors will no longer be possible.

GAYNOR

Interesting book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 2, 2020

Verified Purchase

A really interesting book that is insightful

Grannyrob

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 22, 2019

Verified Purchase

My husband and brother in law very pleased with this well written and fascinating book.

Buying Options

Buy for others

Buying and sending eBooks to others

Follow the Author

The Kremlin Letters: Stalin's Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt Kindle Edition

Popular titles by this author

Editorial Reviews

Review

About the Author

Product details

Videos

About the author

David Reynolds

Customer reviews

Top reviews from the United States

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries