A remarkable history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace, by the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Appeasing Hitler

"A stunning achievement. A gripping, wide-ranging, and engaging narrative... absolutely brilliant." - James Holland

After the fall of France in June 1940, only Britain stood between Hitler and complete victory. Desperate for allies, Winston Churchill did everything he could to bring the United States into the conflict, push the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany away, and persuade neutral nations to resist German domination.

By 1942, after the German invasion of Russia and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the British-Soviet-American alliance was in place. However, it was an unlikely and heterogeneous alliance, divided along lines of ideology and policy and riven by mistrust and deceit. Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin were partners in the fight to defeat Hitler, but they were also rivals who differed on strategy, imperialism, and the future of a liberated Europe.

Allies in War is a fast-paced narrative history, based on material taken from more than 100 archives. Using vivid, firsthand accounts and unpublished memoirs, we enter the rooms where crucial decisions were made and reveal the political drama behind military events. Ambitious and compelling, Allies in War offers a fresh perspective on the Second World War and the origins of the Cold War. 'The best book I've ever read on the politics of the Second World War.' Tim Shipman