{"product_id":"allies-at-war-by-tim-bouverie-9781529967074","title":"Allies at War","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllies at War\u003c\/em\u003e by Tim Bouverie, is a \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace, from the author of the acclaimed \u003cem\u003eAppeasing Hitler\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and total victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did everything he could to bring the United States into the conflict, drive the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany apart, and persuade neutral countries to resist German domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1942, after the German invasion of Russia and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the British-Soviet-American alliance was in place. Yet it was an improbable and incongruous coalition, divided by ideology and politics and riven with mistrust and deceit. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin were partners in the fight to defeat Hitler, yet they were also rivals who disagreed on strategy, imperialism, and the future of liberated Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAllies at War\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast-paced, narrative history based on material drawn from over a hundred archives. Using vivid first-hand accounts and unpublished diaries, we enter the rooms where the critical decisions were made, revealing the political drama behind the military events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmbitious and compelling, \u003cem\u003eAllies at War\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh perspective on the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47648316195052,"sku":"9781529967074","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529967074-allies-at-war.jpg?v=1779254807","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/allies-at-war-by-tim-bouverie-9781529967074","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}