The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War

While the story of the Yalta Conference is a history we think we know so well, newly available sources have challenged our preconceptions about this week in February 1945, as the future teetered on the precipice between World War and Cold War.  Examining Yalta through the eyes of three young women—Sarah Churchill, Anna Roosevelt, and Kathleen Harriman—Catherine Grace Katz reveals the personal forces that shaped this historic summit and illuminates the profound importance of the relationships between these women and their famous fathers that helped to shape the 20th Century.

Catherine Grace Katz is a writer and historian from Chicago.  She graduated from Harvard in 2013 with a BA in History and received her MPhil in Modern European History from Christ’s College, University of Cambridge in 2014, where she wrote her dissertation on the origins of modern counterintelligence practices under the supervision of Professor David Reynolds.  After graduating, Catherine worked in finance in New York City before returning to history and writing.  She is currently pursuing her JD at Harvard Law School.  The Daughters of Yalta is her first book.

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