Robinson asks Roberts if Churchill aimed to preserve the British Empire. What did the leaders of the “grand alliance” of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union want? What were their national interests? What did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin want at the beginning of the Second World War? Peter Robinson starts the discussion by why the “big three” came together as allies in response to Operation Barbarossa during the war. Accomplished historians David Kennedy, author of Freedom from fear Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking with Destiny and Stephen Kotkin, author of Stalin: Waiting for Hitler discuss why the peaceful new international order that Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin agreed to establish after crushing Nazi Germany turned instead into each of the Allies pursuing their own national interests amid the Cold War.
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