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Speaking frankly

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by James F. Byrnes

"There has been no more crucial period in our history than the two years after V-E Day during which James F. Byrnes fought--patiently, firmly and wholeheartedly--to make a lasting peace. As Secretary of State, he, more than any one man, shaped and directed American foreign policy during that critical time. Now, believing that all Americans must know the facts if we are to achieve a real 'peoples' peace, ' he goes on record with a full report of his efforts to get it. This is his story of the international conferences and conference interludes, of the diplomatic trials and errors, the crises, failures and accomplishments of those two eventful, decisive years"--Dust jacket, page [2]

Introduction to world leadership. Awakening danger, and responsibility ; Yalta: high tide of big three unity ; The tide begins to turn ; Potsdam: the success that failed -- The treaties: five steps toward peace. Setback at London ; Moscow ends an impasse ; London again, and Paris twice ; The Paris Peace Conference and its New York finale -- Unfinished treaties. Central Europe: the crucial test ; A course of action ; Toward peace in Asia -- Work ahead. Building a people's foreign policy ; Control of atomic energy ; What are the Russians after? ; Where do we go from here?