Potsdam Conference: Learning from Stalin means recognizing negotiation tactics
The conference made world history, but on the 80th anniversary, there are no memorials on site. How is that possible? However, an amateur researcher is saving the city's honor.
Soviet tanks on the Glienicke Bridge over the Havel River, destroyed by the Germans on April 30, 1945. To secure the vital connection between Potsdam and Berlin, the Soviet Army built the temporary bridge running parallel to the left of the image. Punzel Collection/DEFA still image
Were Stalin, Truman and Churchill – the “Big Three” who launched the Potsdam Conference 80 years ago and negotiated a new world order – intellectually more advanced than today’s great power presidents Putin, Trump and other important players at the negotiating tables?
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