THE ELEVENTH HOUR: HOW GREAT BRITAIN, THE SOVIET UNION, AND THE U.S. BROKERED THE UNLIKELY DEAL THAT WON THE WAR
Book ID/图书代码： 13260015B85127
English Summary/英文概要： 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.
In The Eleventh Hour, 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.
Seamlessly stitching together the private papers, diaries, meeting notes, and letters home of those on board, The Eleventh Hour narrates declassified transcripts, exposes surprising secrets, and illuminates how the debates of three men would ultimately end WWII.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1943年十一月下旬，罗斯福总统和他的幕僚长秘密登上USS爱荷华号战舰，参加了在德黑兰举行的会议。会议上，总统与英国首相温斯顿•丘吉尔、苏联领导人约瑟夫•斯大林就盟军要如何击败德军达成了协议。尽管美国的海上优势成就了最终的诺曼底登陆，但这一切都是在德黑兰通过激烈的辩论最终达成一致的。
本书中，作者探索了罗斯福总统在战舰上的秘密会议，并为这个曾经笼罩着迷雾的德黑兰会议带来不少幕后消息。本书中精辟地描述了三国首脑之间共计三天的激烈辩论，作者想要为读者展现虽然德黑兰会议看似是一场成果斐然的外交活动，实际情况是当时的场面混乱不堪、充满冲突。
本书将私人信件、日记、会议纪要以及当时船上人员的家书等等紧密结合在一起，用旁白的口吻讲述了一段惊天秘密，展现三个男人之间的辩论如何最终让二战终结。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：对于那些决定了二战要如何打下去并取得胜利的男人们的精彩描述，值得每一个二战爱好者研读。《纽约时报畅销作家Stephen Coonts》
按年份讲述了战略空军司令部是如何转型成为一个巨大的全球性武装力量，能够在发出命令15分钟以后就发动轰炸。《Publisher Weekly》
"Doug Keeney takes this pivotal, if wrongly forgotten, 36-day episode in World War II and captures the reader with a true tale of suspense and drama. At the last possible moment, the 1943 Big Three Conference in Teheran forged the winning strategy for the most powerful, and the most difficult military alliance in modern history. All know the Three: FDR, Churchill, Stalin, plus, in the wings, Eisenhower. Keeney adds the rest, whose loud arguments, tenacity and surprising diplomacy starts the countdown for D-Day and victory in Europe. Marshall, King and Arnold along with the British and Russian chiefs have it out in an exotic setting complete with spies and assassins, all amid the chess moves of their political leaders. A great read and great history. Keeney has done his research and now serves it up with all of his skills as a wonderful writer."
—Robert Bruce Arnold, author and grandson of General Hap Arnold
"An extraordinary look at the men and decisions that determined how WWII was going to be fought… and won. Should be on every WWII history buff’s shelf."
—New York Times Bestselling author Stephen Coonts
"A jolting year-by-year history of Strategic Air Command’s transformation into a massive worldwide force primed to launch bombers within 15 minutes of the order." —Publishers Weekly, for 15 Minutes
"A chilling and unsettling account of accidents, oversights, errors in planning, and other mistakes and misjudgments by the military and its civilian masters...sobering and recommended."—Library Journal, for 15 Minutes
"Such dedication to dangerous work...deserves to be recognized and honored. Thanks to Mr. Keeney, it now is." —The Wall Street Journal, for 15 Minutes
“Keeney’s well-written history is aimed at a general audience, but experts will find it an enjoyable read." —Publishers Weekly, for The Pointblank Directive
"I enjoyed this book immensely. It was fast-paced, exciting, filled with the untold yet in no way unglamorous adventures and perilous day-to-day existence of the United States Air Force . . . This is one of the best historical books I have read." —The San Francisco Book Review (April 16, 2013), for The Pointblank Directive
About the Author/作者介绍： L. Douglas Keeney已独著以及与人合著十几本书，其中两本成为纽约时报畅销书。他在南加州大学获得本科和硕士学位，得到奖学金前往纽约高等广告研究学院深造。六年以后创办Douglas Keeney & Company，一间出版和营销公司，业务繁杂，包括为有线电视网创作节目、为纽约出版商出版套装书等等。1992年，Keeney与两个伙伴合办了军事频道。从事营销工作期间，他是Arthur Young Entrepreneur of the Year年度奖项亚军得住，也是无线通信协会的前任主席，并多次为新产品开发而获奖。
本书是他的最新著作。
L. Douglas Keeney is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books including two New York Times bestsellers. He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Southern California and was a sponsored post-graduate student at the Institute of Advanced Advertising Studies in New York City. He spent sixteen years on Wilshire Blvd and Madison Avenue before he founded Douglas Keeney & Company, a publishing and marketing agency with various business interests including content creation for cable television networks and packaging books for NY publishers. In 1992, Keeney cofounded The Military Channel with two other partners. During his years in marketing he was the runner-up for the Arthur Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the former Chairman of the Wireless Communication Association, and the recipient of numerous awards for new product development.
Keeney’s most recent book is The Eleventh Hours (Wiley Turner), a new and critical look at the events that shaped the outcome of the 1943 meeting in Tehran between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. His other books include Lost in the Pacific (Courier), Secret Messages (Simon & Schuster), The Doomsday Scenario (Motorbooks), John F. Kennedy: Commander-in-Chief (Viking Penguin), 15 Minutes: General Curtis LeMay and the Countdown to Nuclear Annihilation (St.Martin’s/Macmillan), Lights of Mankind: Earth at Night as Seen From Space (Globe Pequot/Lyons Press) and The Pointblank Directive (Osprey). more info....
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：
原文第一章内容：暂无
手稿：暂无
大纲：暂无