Complex Coalitions: Contrasting the Allied Conduct of War and the Settlement of Peace in the First and Second World Wars

Abstract

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and, to a lesser degree Harry Truman, worked diligently together to conduct World War II in a more unified manner than did the principals of the Allied and Associated Powers in World War I, and they achieved a different resolution than did their predecessors by remaining unified in a few critical aspects: these leaders would meet with each other frequently throughout the war to coordinate grand strategy and their war aims, and they would begin the war with a solidly-founded concept for how the post-war world would look that they would work together to develop throughout the war to expand their common understanding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 08, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177294

Entities

People

  • Vaughn G. Horne

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Central Europe
  • Civil War
  • Europe
  • First World War
  • Geography
  • Germany
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • National Politics
  • New York
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • United Nations
  • United States
  • War

Fields of Study

  • History

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design