Charles L. Mee Livres

The narrative explores the life of a fourteen-year-old boy from a small Midwestern town whose dreams of football glory and romance are shattered when he collapses at a school dance, revealing his struggle with polio. Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the author blends humor and depth to reflect on the fears of an era where polio was a significant concern for families. Through his journey, Mee articulates the challenges of being a disabled outsider, ultimately transforming his experiences into a compelling storytelling gift.

Compromise, it turned out, had not been a way to find agreement but a way to lure an opponent that extra inch into a trap. Because of the agreements reached at the Potsdam Conference, each side-the U.S., Great Britain, the Soviet Union-was able to show with only a slight change in nuance that the other side had broken an agreement, was now acting in bad faith, was untrustworthy, was deviously working to undermine the generation of peace for which they had all fought and worked so hard.

Die Teilung der Beute - Die Potsdamer Konferenz 1945 - bk15; Fritz Molden Verlag; Charles L. Mee; Paperback; 1977