"Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946" by Elie Abel and W. Averell Harriman, published by Random House, New York, 1975, Stated First Edition, 2nd printing. Dedicated and signed by Averell Harriman, also signed and dated "Christmas, 1975" by Elie Abel.

Dust jacket with cutout price on top of the front flap, hard boards, red cloth spine, gold lettering on spine; 6.1/4" x 9.1/2"; red endpapers, dedicated, signed and dated by both authors on the front endpaper; 595 pages including Index + one block with monochrome photographs on glossy paper, + 'About the Authors' page; very good condition.

"This masterful narrative, written by Elie Abel and based on Averall Harriman's personal recollections as well as his voluminous and revealing private papers, re-creates and explains the climate in which many of the most important strategic and political decisions were made during World War II, and casts new light on the motivations and personalities of the leaders who made them." [from the front flap of the jacket]

Narrative of Harriman's diplomatic work during World War Two as Roosevelt's "Expediter", tasked with directly contacting Stalin & Churchill, bypassing the State Department.

Recounts the distinguished diplomat-statesman's activities and observations as Roosevelt's personal World War II emissary to Churchill and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, with assessments of the Allied leaders, their decisions, and their Big Three meetings.

William Averell Harriman (1891-1986), better known as Averell Harriman, was an American Democratic politician, businessman, and diplomat. He was Roosevelt's special envoy to Stalin and Churchill during the WWII.

Elie Abel (1920-2004) was a Canadian-American journalist, author and academic.

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