The Triumph of YaltaArthur Schlesinger
wants us all to know what a success it was:
But FDR managed to extract an astonishing document – the Declaration on Liberated Europe, an eloquent affirmation of "the right of all people to choose the form of government under which they will live." Molotov warned Stalin against signing it, but he signed it anyway. It was a grave diplomatic blunder. In order to consolidate Soviet control, Stalin had to break the Yalta agreements – which therefore could not have been in his favor.And the people of Eastern Europe were free to choose the form of government under which they lived. As long as it was a communist government.
Sheesh! This is one of the deep thinkers at the Huffington Post!