The Yalta Myths: An Issue In U.S. Politics, 1945-1955
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A rigorous work of American political history, The Yalta Myths: An Issue in U.S. Politics, 1945–1955 dissects the partisan controversies that erupted in the decade following the landmark 1945 Yalta Conference, where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin negotiated the postwar world order. Athan G. Theoharis argues that Republican politicians and conservative critics systematically distorted the agreements reached at Yalta, transforming a complex diplomatic compromise into a powerful political weapon used to attack the Democratic Party and the legacy of the New Deal. With meticulous archival research and a measured, scholarly tone, the work chronicles how the Yalta myth — the charge that Roosevelt had secretly betrayed Eastern Europe and China to Soviet communism — became a defining narrative of early Cold War domestic politics. Theoharis illustrates how this mythology shaped congressional debates, influenced foreign policy discourse, and fueled the rise of McCarthyism, revealing the dangerous intersection of historical revisionism and political opportunism. Essential reading for students of American political history and Cold War studies, the book presents a compelling case for how nations construct and weaponize historical memory in the service of ideological agendas.
Author: Athan G. Theoharis
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Jacket protected by mylar sleeve.
A rigorous work of American political history, The Yalta Myths: An Issue in U.S. Politics, 1945–1955 dissects the partisan controversies that erupted in the decade following the landmark 1945 Yalta Conference, where Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin negotiated the postwar world order. Athan G. Theoharis argues that Republican politicians and conservative critics systematically distorted the agreements reached at Yalta, transforming a complex diplomatic compromise into a powerful political weapon used to attack the Democratic Party and the legacy of the New Deal. With meticulous archival research and a measured, scholarly tone, the work chronicles how the Yalta myth — the charge that Roosevelt had secretly betrayed Eastern Europe and China to Soviet communism — became a defining narrative of early Cold War domestic politics. Theoharis illustrates how this mythology shaped congressional debates, influenced foreign policy discourse, and fueled the rise of McCarthyism, revealing the dangerous intersection of historical revisionism and political opportunism. Essential reading for students of American political history and Cold War studies, the book presents a compelling case for how nations construct and weaponize historical memory in the service of ideological agendas.