Berlin 1961
by Frederick Kempe
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399157298
- ISBN 13
- 9780399157295
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Putnam, 2011. A second printing copy. The Cuban Missile Crisis has captured much of the attention for 1961, but what happened in Berlin could arguably be considered more important, this is a thorough analysis of newly available documents and interviews by a 25 year veteran of The Wall Street Journal. 576 pages with Index, Bibliography and Notes, as well as a section of photos. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped. This is not a library discard copy, not a remainder copy. Sewn binding is tight and square. Boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or worn. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
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
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22-01033
- Title
- Berlin 1961
- Author
- Frederick Kempe
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399157298
- ISBN 13
- 9780399157295
- Publisher
- Putnam Adult
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2011-05-10
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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