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It traces the shift from utopian proposals and crisis moments to strategic decisions, including the Truman Doctrine and the diplomatic logic behind supporting free peoples. Through a chaptered narrative from prologue to the postscript, the work highlights the risks, compromises, and global consequences of rebuilding after catastrophe.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAlso by James Holland  \nNon-fiction FORTRESS MALTA TOGETHER WE STAND HEROES ITALY’S SORROW THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN DAM BUSTERSAN ENGLISHMAN AT WAR THE RISE OF GERMANY THE ALLIES STRIKE BACK BURMA’44 BIG WEEK  \nRAF 100: THE OFFICIAL STORY NORMANDY’44  \nSICILY ’43 BROTHERS IN ARMS THE SAVAGE STORM CASINO ’44 VICTORY ’45 (withAl Murray) Fiction THE BURNING BLUE A PAIR OF SILVER WINGS THE ODIN MISSION DARKEST HOUR BLOOD OF HONOUR HELLFIRE THE DEVIL’S PACT  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE VISIONARIES  \nBretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the Making of the Post–World War II Order  \nJAMES HOLLAND  \nAtlantic Monthly Press New York  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2026 by Griffon Merlin Ltd Jacket images: FDR © Alamy; Harry Truman © Getty; map © Alamy  \nAll rights reserved. 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First published in 2026 in Great Britain by Bantam an imprint of Transworld Publishers First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition: May 2026  \nSet in 11.7/16pt Calluna  \nTypeset by Six Red Marbles UK Printed in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available for this title.  \nISBN 978-0-8021-6807-8  \neISBN 978-0-8021-6808-5  \nAtlantic Monthly Press  \nan imprint of Grove Atlantic  \n154 West 14th Street  \nNew York, NY 10011 Distributed by Publishers Group West  \n[groveatlantic.com](groveatlantic.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor Chaz Mena  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n‘My experience in two world wars, the aftermaths, and the endeavours to make a lasting peace makes me marvel at the regularity with which errors are repeated. One of the errors that most frequently recurs is failure to study and understand the records of the past.’  \nBernard Baruch  \n‘If a man is acquainted with what other people have experienced at this desk, it will be easier for him to go through a similar experience. It is ignorance that causes most mistakes. The man who sits here  \nought to know his American history, at least.’President Harry S. Truman, from his desk in the Oval Office  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nPrologue  \nChapter 1 The World Turned Upside Down  \nChapter 2 President Wilson’s Vision of Utopia  \nChapter 3 Despair and Recovery  \nChapter 4 Crash  \nChapter 5 Them and Us  \nChapter 6 How to Make a Bad Situation Worse  \nChapter 7 Good Neighbour  \nChapter 8 The Most Modern Nation in the World  \nChapter 9 A Shift of Emphasis  \nChapter 10 On the Rise of Germany Under Hitler, Briefly  \nChapter 11 The First Strategic Earthquake  \nChapter 12 Grou","cbCaitV9mV928183","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitV9mV928183","pdf",68376698,1,321,"English","en",105,"# Prologue\n# Chapter 1 The World Turned Upside Down\n# Chapter 2 President Wilson’s Vision of Utopia\n# Chapter 3 Despair and Recovery\n# Chapter 4 Crash\n# Chapter 5 Them and Us\n# Chapter 6 How to Make a Bad Situation Worse\n# Chapter 7 Good Neighbour\n# Chapter 8 The Most Modern Nation in the World\n# Chapter 9 A Shift of Emphasis\n# Chapter 10 On the Rise of Germany Under Hitler, Briefly\n# Chapter 11 The First Strategic Earthquake\n# Chapter 12 Ground Zero\n# Chapter 13 The Giant Stirs\n# Chapter 14 A Vision for a Better World\n# Chapter 15 Atlantic Charter\n# Chapter 16 How to Lose a War\n# Chapter 17 Japan and the Road to War\n# Chapter 18 D-Day: Just Think About This\n# Chapter 19 Bretton Woods\n# Chapter 20 Cruelty and Corruption\n# Chapter 21 Death of a President\n# Chapter 22 The World Divided\n# Chapter 23 The Truman Doctrine\n# Chapter 24 The Marshall Plan\n# Postscript\n# Notes\n# Selected Sources\n# Acknowledgements\n# Picture Acknowledgements\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"What crisis frames the book’s opening prologue?\",\"answer\":\"The prologue centers on President Harry S. 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