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Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
by Frederick Kempe
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
- ISBN 10
- 0399157298
- ISBN 13
- 9780399157295
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2011. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.. Hardback in dust wrapper (quarter-bound green on red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 9½” x 6¼” (1.4 kg); (xxv) 579pp; Index; Bibliography; Preface by Brent Scowcroft; 2nd impression, first published the same year. Includes: Black & white photographs on individual leaves; ISBN: 978-0-3991-5729-5 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197965|| Condition:
Synopsis
A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skills of the political scientist." - General Brent Scowcroft In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called it "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War-and more perilous. For the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one overzealous commander-and the trip wire would be sprung for a war that would go nuclear in a heartbeat. On one side was a young, untested U.S. president still reeling from the Bay of Pigs disaster. On the other, a Soviet premier hemmed in by the Chinese, the East Germans, and hard-liners in his own government. Neither really understood the other, both tried cynically to manipulate events. And so, week by week, the dangers grew. Based on a wealth of new documents and interviews, filled with fresh- sometimes startling-insights, written with immediacy and drama, Berlin 1961 is a masterly look at key events of the twentieth century, with powerful applications to these early years of the twenty- first.
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- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 197965
- Title
- Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
- Author
- Frederick Kempe
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399157298
- ISBN 13
- 9780399157295
- Publisher
- New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- john f kennedy, nikita khrushchev, berlin crisis, ulbricht, adenauer, nuclear poker, checkpoint charlie, bay pigs disaster, kremlin, berlin wall, history berlin, german history, history germany, german political history, german politics, german government
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