"Sebestyen is a witty storyteller with a wide-ranging intellect, and his fast-paced yet expansive style will appeal even to readers with little taste for history. . . [1946] is liberally peppered with fascinating asides and anecdotes that humanize its subjects. . . . An appealing introduction, aimed at a wide audience, to events that continue to shape global affairs." --Kirkus

"[An] informed, engaging, and accessible history of the year that U.S. president Harry Truman called the year of decisions. . . . With mesmerizing detail and riveting vignettes scattered throughout, Sebestyen explores virtually every major postwar theme and event." --Publishers Weekly

"Sebestyen chronicles crucial events of 1946 in this outstanding work. The author does not shy away from the explicit and heartbreaking details in creating a powerful and readable account of this challenging year. Highly recommended for anyone interested in world history or for those seeking to understand why the world is as it is today." --Library Journal

"A much-needed addition to the existing literature on the post-Second World War period. . . . Victor Sebestyen has powerfully argued that the year 1946 has shaped our modern world." --The Washington Book Review

Praise from the UK for Victor Sebestyen's 1946

"An exceptionally involving and horrifying book . . . grindingly awful detail." --Sam Leith, The Spectator

"[Sebestyen] reminds us that the world's miseries persisted in plenty after the defeat of the Axis." --Max Hastings, The Sunday Times

"An impressively wide-ranging and detailed survey of the war's aftermath. . . . An uncommonly clear bird's-eye view of a post-war world of rivalry, hardship, and chaos." --Peter Lewis, The Daily Mail

"1946 is a gripping and authoritative work spanning the world: an excellent, elegant and exciting panoramic portrait of the dark world emerging from WWII." --Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar