Perlmutter's hard-hitting, revisionist history of Roosevelt's foreign policy explores FDR's not-so-grand alliance with the ruthless Soviet leader. As the first Western scholar granted access to key foreign ministry documents recently declassified in the former Soviet Union, Perlmutter provides a provocative portrait of a popular leader whose failure to comprehend Stalin's long-range goals had devastating results for the postwar world.

Amos Perlmutter is the author of many books including The Life and Times of Menachem Begin, Israel:  The Partitioned State, and Modern Authoritarianism.  The first Western scholar granted access to key documents recently declassified in the former Soviet Union, Perlmutter is Professor of Political Science at the American University in Washington, D.C.