"C.L. Sulzburger, distinguished foreign correspondent and Pulitzer prizewinner, who know Churchill and Roosevelt as well as many other participants in the Yalta conference, reviews the events which led up to that meeting, what really happened there, and the very major consequences that flowed from it. With special attention to the problems of Poland, the return of Russian prisoners to the U.S.S.R., the absense of China, Yugoslavia, and France, the author sheds the light of history and his own personal experiences in Europe during and after the war upon questions that remain problems today ..."--Jacket.

The pig-headed people -- Stepping stones -- The road to Teheran -- The pre-Yalta slump -- Scene : Yalta -- Dramatis personae -- Offstage presence -- The Berlin mystery -- The action begins -- The dawn of a new day? -- Masters in their own house? -- Russians all -- The Yalta issue -- The Iron Curtain -- The fruits of Yalta -- Terminal at Potsdam -- A frontier in time -- The crystal ball.