End of an Alliance

Using recently declassified documents, Messer traces Byrness performance from the Yalta Conference through the postwar dealings with the Soviet Union. He sees the failure of the Soviet-American collaboration to continue into the postwar years as the result of several unrelated events the struggle between Byrnes and Truman to become Roosevelts successor in 1944, Roosevelts use of Byrnes as his Yalta salesman, and Byrness distorted view of the Yalta Conference.Originally published in 1982.A UNC Press Enduring Edition UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.