Decisions at Yalta An Appraisal of Summit Diplomacy

In this book, the author makes a provocative case for a new viewpoint in the study of Yalta in particular and summit conferences in general. He argues that the Yalta Conference should never have taken place: very little was accomplished there that could not have been handled by the foreign ministers; Roosevelt was mentally and physically exhausted; Churchill was an unwilling participant; and Stalin held Eastern Europe, making accords superfluous concerning Soviet hegemony there.