Description: Why did the Allied leaders--Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin--largely keep quiet about the Holocaust? Richard Breitman examines the competing political and military considerations that drove their responses to Nazi mass murder, showing how and why all three leaders often prioritized wartime constraints over moral considerations.
Brief description: Richard Breitman is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at American University. His many books include The Berlin Mission; FDR and the Jews, coauthored with Allan J. Lichtman; Official Secrets; and The Architect of Genocide.
Review Quotes: A solid guide to a crisis in which leaders found themselves constrained by many obstacles from doing more.--Richard Overy "Literary Review" (5/1/2025 12:00:00 AM)