Berlin 1961, Frederick Kempe
Berlin 1961, Frederick Kempe
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Berlin 1961
Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Author: Frederick Kempe

Narrator: Paul Hecht

Unabridged: 20 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/17/2011

Synopsis

A former Wall Street Journal editor and the current president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, Frederick Kempe draws on recently released documents and personal interviews to re-create the powder keg that was 1961 Berlin. In Cold War Berlin, the United States and the Soviet Union stand nose to nose, with the possibility of nuclear war just one misstep away.

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Goodreads review by Joe

The Berlin Wall was a symbol, if not the symbol, of all that was wrong with communism. The monstrosity built not to protect its populace, but rather to stem the mass exodus of East Germans, (4 million from 1946-1961), for fairer pastures west. The Wall constructed literally to trap its citizens with......more

Goodreads review by Елвира

Много добра и пространна книга, която проследява ден по ден месеците преди и след издигането на Стената, с достъп до много информация и разсекретени американски документи (но не и руски). Събитията от началото на 60-те са истинска катастрофа, но външнополитическото управление на Кенеди и администрац......more

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