Meeting at Potsdam

the long version

In Meeting at Potsdam, Charles Mee demonstrates how, with national self-interest the primary motivation, peace was destined to be sacrificed to deliberate discord. If Allied harmony would stand in the way of expanding "spheres of influence," then it would become necessary to maintain the political expedient of aggression. What did each power want, and were these objectives of sufficient importance to warrant forfeiting peace? - Jacket flap.