1945 is a monumental, multi-dimensional history of the end of World War II. Dallas narrates in meticulous detail the conflicts, contradictions, motives, and counter-motives that marked the end of the greatest military conflict in modern history and established lasting patterns of deceit, uncertainty, and distrust out of which the Cold War was born. Beginning with the siege of Berlin, Dallas describes in simple human terms the interactions of Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Hitler, Zhukov, Truman, de Gaulle, Macmillan, along with others relatively unknown, vividly portraying the interpenetration of the daily with the epochal, the obscure with the great political events taking place on the world stage. A grand narrative of diplomatic mistakes, military accidents, and the chaos inherent in human affairs,1945 draws the reader into a profound reflection on the basic shaping forces of history, the arbitrary ways we objectify its conflicts, and the subtle, almost invisible filaments that enmesh public events with private passions.

1945: The War That Never Ended

History

Dallas, Gregor

Military

Yale University Press

This is a masterpiece of historical writing, a book that compels its readers to reflect anew on the shaping forces of history. Beginning with the siege of Berlin, 1945 provides rich insight into the conflicts, motives, and counter-motives that marked the end of World War II and established the lasting patterns of deceit, uncertainty, and distrust that defined the Cold War. Superbly sensitive to the ground-level tragedy and the high-level politics of 194445, the readably fluent Dallas proves integral to understanding both what is known and unknown about the cataclysmic conclusion of the Second World War.”Booklist (starred review) "One comes away from reading Gregor Dallas’s eloquent book with a profound sense of the war’s futility, wastefulness, and unintended consequences."James J. Sheehan, Commonweal

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The 17 months from April 1814 to August 1815 were an extraordinary period in European history—a period that saw two sieges of Paris, a complete revision of Europe’s political frontiers, an international Congress set up in Vienna, civil war in Italy, and international war in Belgium. Gregor Dallas tells the story of these days through the perspective of three very different European cities: the great metropolis of London, post-revolutionary Paris, and baroque Vienna. The writing is almost cinematic in its power to evoke the Europe of Tolstoy—the ebb and flow of power, of armies, and of peoples across Europe’s northern plains.

1815: The Roads to Waterloo

Europe

Pimlico

1918: War and Peace

John Murray

Unlike the Napoleonic Wars, and the First World War, there was no peace settlement in 1945. The shape of Europe was determined entirely by military force, dividing it into two halves which corresponded to neither geography, culture nor previous history. From the D-Day landings to the collapse of Berlin, military movements were more and more dominated by separate national ambitions. And the Yalta and Potsdam conferences were more recognitions of a fait accompli than agreements on the terms of peace. With Gregor Dallas we re-live the vast events of the end of the war years in the experience of real people. The Birth of the Present opens in Berlin on the day of Hitler's suicide, where life, such as it existed, continued on the roofs, in the attics, in the streets, ruins and cellars of the city. We live too with the armies in the field, their movements determined by the cycle of seasons, and with civilians, particularly in booming wartime Washington, bombed London, liberated Paris, annihilated Warsaw, doomed Berlin, and Moscow gripped by poverty and secret terror.

Poisoned Peace : 1945 - The War That Never Ended

World

Poisoned Peace: 1945- The War That Never Ended

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

Metrostop Paris: History from the City's Heart

A biography of the great French leader sketches the many events that shaped Clemenceau's outlook and personality, preparing him to lead the Allied forces to victory during World War I. By the author of The Imperfect Peasant Economy.

At the Heart of a Tiger: Clemenceau and His World 1841-1929

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Carroll & Graf Pub.

A history of Paris in twelve métro stops.
Métro Stop Paris recounts the extraordinary and colorful history of the City of Light, by way of twelve Métro stops―a voyage across both space and time. At each stop a Parisian building, or street, or tomb or landmark sparks a story that holds particular significance for that area of the city. 
Dallas takes us to the jazz cellars and literary cafés of Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Prés; the catacombs at Hell's Gate; and the Opéra during the days of Claude Debussy. A darker side of Paris emerges at the Trocadéro stop and a charitable side at the Gare du Nord, which highlights the work of Saint Vincent de Paul. Finally, our journey ends at Père-Lachaise cemetery with the little-known story of Oscar Wilde's curious involvement in the Dreyfus affair, one of France's greatest legal scandals. From Hell (the Denfert-Rochereau stop on the south side of the city) to Heaven (the Gare du Nord at the north end of Paris), Métro Stop Paris carries readers on a journey of the heart and mind.
Métro Stop Paris is a thinker's guide to Paris made up of "slices of life," little vignettes drawn from Paris's two thousand years of history. Taken separately, these are charming historic tales about a city known and loved by many, but read as a whole Métro Stop Paris goes straight to the heart of what is quintessentially Parisian.

Metro Stop Paris: An Underground History of the City of Light

Walker Books

A renowed historian traces the transition from war to peace across Europe following the Germany's surrender to the French in 1918, as seen from the perspective of five capitals--Berlin, Paris, Washington, London, and Moscow. 12,500 first printing.

Overlook Books

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1945: The War That Never Ended

1945: The War That Never Ended

1815: The Roads to Waterloo

1918: War and Peace

Poisoned Peace : 1945 - The War That Never Ended

Poisoned Peace: 1945- The War That Never Ended

Metrostop Paris: History from the City's Heart

At the Heart of a Tiger: Clemenceau and His World 1841-1929

Metro Stop Paris: An Underground History of the City of Light

1918: War and Peace