

Daring Young Men
The Heroism and Triumph of the Berlin Airlift---June 1948-May 1949
Author: Richard Reeves
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Unabridged: 8 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 01/25/2010
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Military History
Synopsis
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin had ordered Berlin blockaded, betting that the Americans, the British, and the French would abandon the city. Many of President Truman's advisers wanted to retreat; others wanted to risk war with the USSR. Truman ordered the Berlin Airlift, neither retreat nor confrontation. It ended only when West Germany was established by the three powers and NATO was born. The Soviets did the backing down. Led by Generals Lucius Clay and Curtis LeMay, the first battle in the Cold War was won. The young men came home again, some of them trying to remember where they had left their cars.