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The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
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The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II

Written by Winston Groom

Narrated by George Guidall

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

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Best-selling author Winston Groom tells the complex story of how Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--the three iconic and vastly different Allied leaders--aligned to win World War II and created a new world order. By the end of World War II, 59 nations were arrayed against the axis powers, but three great Allied leaders--Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin--had emerged to control the war in Europe and the Pacific. Vastly different in upbringing and political beliefs, they were not always in agreement--or even on good terms. But, often led by Churchill's enduring spirit, in the end these three men changed the course of history. Using the remarkable letters between the three world leaders, enriching narrative details of their personal lives, and riveting tales of battles won and lost, best-selling historian Winston Groom returns to share one of the biggest stories of the 20th century: The interwoven and remarkable tale, and a fascinating study of leadership styles, of three world leaders who fought the largest war in history.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateNov 13, 2018
ISBN9781980007609
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Winston Groom

Winston Groom, bestselling author of eight novels and several non-fiction books, wrote the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump. The phenomenal hit film Forrest Gump garnered six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor. He lives in Point Clear, Alabama.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    A very readable but somewhat “light” version of WWII history. The author covers a lot of ground but does not get absorbed with vast detail. This makes the book flow and helps prevent the reader from getting bogged down. Enjoyable.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Not a whole lot new here but the fashion of telling is different. Whether Groom intends to do it or not, he clearly indicates the patrician views of Churchill and FDR towards Stalin -- he clearly comes from a different class. Groom also totally ignores the reports of what came to be known as the Hollowcast while giving details of the Kaitlan Forest massacre by the USSR. In writing about three such over-powering figures of the century, one is faced with a choice. Groom tries to be impartial but by the end, he has given us his choice, and I don't disagree with his choice.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Disappointing. A compendium of information from secondary sources (which omits "Roosevelt's Road to Russia").
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin walk into a bar...
I'm kidding. This won't be that kind of review. Still, though, when reading The Allies, I did have a little bit of little kid, star struck silliness happening. I grew up in a family heavily saturated in military and global history. I have three granddads in the Navy and shelves upon shelves of history books at my disposal even before I could walk.
Groom does the end-of-war complexities to the table in a way that would definitely make all three of my patriarchs proud. His familiarity with both the human and tactical elements of the time period made the entire book feel like I was sitting at the table, eves dropping.
Through a flurry of letters and corresponding actions and communications, the alliance between the three men (and some smaller players, of course) Groom manages to bring his skill as a historian and his magical novelist powers together to create an astoundingly brilliant historical compilation of one of my personal favorite time periods.
Thank you to TLC Book tours for the chance to be on this leg of the tour.