Berlin, January1945The war draws to a close, but the fight for a vanquished city--and for history--is just beginning. On the heels of the criticallyacclaimed War of the Rats , the new master of historical suspense, David L. Robbins, turns his compelling vision on the waning months of World War II, when world leadersengage in a diceygame of catand mouseto ultimately determine the fate of the second half of the twentieth century.The End of WarIn the final months of the war in Europe, the last act of a five-year conflagration isabout to be played out.Allied generalsmove their war-hardenedarmiesaround the mortally wounded Nazi military machine.But strategiesare beingformed on a greater scalethan even generalscanimagine. While Churchillfumes helplessly, Rooseveltmakescrucial decisionsthat will cedeBerlin to Stalin and the Russians.The stakes are no less critical for ordinary men and women, fighting to live anotherday. On the groundare youngRussian soldiers driven by vengeanceinto the teeth of the still-deadly Nazi army;Americanforces push forward underthepoliticalmotives of a canny commander- in- chief; and the British, aloof, at odds with their Yankeecounterparts, see in these last fateful movesa devastatingbetrayal by Washington and Moscow.The End of War vividly animates the giants who shaped history and breathes life into the heartbreaking struggles of those who merely lived it. From the chaos of the trencheson the eastern front, to the desperation of a singleJewish manhidden in a Berlin basement by a terrified mother and daughter,to the burningambition of an American photojournalistdeterminedtocaptureon film the defining momentof the war, Robbins ushers us into the sweep of historyandthedramaof thehumanface of war.An epicnovel explodingwith the urgencyof battleandhistory in themaking,hereis The End of War.From the Hardcover edition.