“Some historians are great because they write great books, others because they write books that need to be written. Mark A. Stoler... has done both. Allies in

"Overy has written a masterpiece of analytical history, posing and answering one of the great questions of the century."--Sunday Times (London)

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

ALLIES AT WAR recreates the turbulent and dramatic wartime relationship between three titanic leaders who, in the public view, were on the same side: the Americ