Kennedy and the Berlin Wall :: "a hell of a lot better than a war" /

The Berlin Wall Crisis dominated the presidency of John F. Kennedy from his inauguration in 1961 until his historic trip to the city in June 1963. W.R. Smyser's Kennedy and the Berlin Wall offers new insights into the Berlin events that riveted global attention, especially as Soviet and America...

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1. Verfasser: Smyser, W. R., 1931-2018
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
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Zusammenfassung:The Berlin Wall Crisis dominated the presidency of John F. Kennedy from his inauguration in 1961 until his historic trip to the city in June 1963. W.R. Smyser's Kennedy and the Berlin Wall offers new insights into the Berlin events that riveted global attention, especially as Soviet and American tanks faced each other at point-blank range over "Checkpoint Charlie." Drawing on his experience as an American diplomat in Berlin at the time; personal interviews; memoirs; and Soviet, East German, and American documents, Smyser ties together the full story of what actually happened on the ground and
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-287) and index.
ISBN:9780742599789
0742599787
1282497693
9781282497696