{"product_id":"the-eleventh-hour-l-douglas-keeney-9781118269862","title":"The Eleventh Hour: How Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S. Brokered the Unlikely Deal That Won the War","description":"In late November 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his Joint Chiefs of Staff secretly boarded the battleship USS Iowa to attend a conference in Tehran with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin, where the Allies would come to an agreement on a war plan to defeat Germany. Although Roosevelt's preparation at sea established the groundwork for the American position on D-Day, it was in the heated and electrifying debates that followed in Tehran-and only through those intense debates-that a deal was ultimately struck.\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, critically acclaimed author L. Douglas Keeney explores FDR's covert conferences on the battleship and provides stunning insight into the formerly secret, behind-the-scenes transcripts from the meetings in Tehran. Brilliantly chronicling the three days of aggressive debates between the heads-of-state, Keeney demonstrates that Tehran, although remembered as a diplomatic conference with a well-known outcome, was in reality chaotic, conflicted, and subject to numerous heated, closed-door sessions-with a petulant, irritable Churchill; a strikingly reserved, detached Roosevelt; and an assertive but unexpectedly diplomatic and even charming Stalin, winning over his guest, President Roosevelt, whose quarters were bugged by the Soviets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeamlessly stitching together the private papers, diaries, meeting notes, and letters home of those on board, \u003ci\u003eThe Eleventh Hour\u003c\/i\u003e narrates declassified transcripts, exposes surprising secrets, and illuminates how the debates of three men would ultimately end WWII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. Douglas Keeney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1118269861\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118269862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trade Paper Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2015 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"L. Douglas Keeney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988383990015,"sku":"9781118269862","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e809f0c2-25ed-45a6-b140-f1c26f00e3c3.jpg?v=1683294229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-eleventh-hour-l-douglas-keeney-9781118269862","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}