Berlin 1961 Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth
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- ISBN: 9781101505625 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1101505621 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9781101515020 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1101515023 (electronic bk.)
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1 online resource (xxv, 579 p.) : ill. - Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2011.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-563) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Pt. 1 : The players. Khrushchev : communist in a hurry ; Marta Hillers's story of rape ; Khrushchev : the Berlin crisis unfolds ; Kennedy : a president's education ; The "sniper" comes in from the cold ; Kennedy : a first mistake ; Ulbricht and Adenauer : unruly alliances ; The failed flight of Friedrich Brandt ; Ulbricht and Adenauer : the tail wags the bear -- Pt. 2 : The gathering storm. Springtime for Khrushchev ; Amateur hour ; Jörn Donner discovers the city ; Perilous diplomacy ; Vienna : Little Boy Blue meets Al Capone ; Vienna : the threat of war ; Angry summer ; Marlene Schmidt, the universe's most beautiful refugee -- Pt. 3 : The showdown. "The great testing place" ; Ulbricht and Kurt Wismach lock horns ; The Wall : setting the trap ; The Wall : desperate days ; Eberhard Bolle lands in prison ; A hero's homecoming ; Nuclear poker ; Showdown at Checkpoint Charlie -- Epilogue: Aftershocks. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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