The Berlin Airlift
the relief operation that defined the cold war
$30.81
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2018
Summary
Saving Berlin: The Story of the Berlin Airlift
Berlin, 1948: a city divided, trapped within a divided country, in a divided Europe. The ruined German capital sat 120 miles inside Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin aimed to force the Allies out by severing the city’s lifeline, cutting off food and fuel.
Despite some voices advocating for isolationism, the USA recognized that a rebuilt Germany was crucial to containing the spread of communism across Europe.
Thus…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785783531 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178578353X |
| Author: | Barry Turner |
| Publisher: | Icon Books |
| Imprint: | Icon Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2018 |
| Weight: | 225g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘In this fine piece of popular history, Barry Turner provides an engaging and vivid account of this first major episode of the Cold War.’
In this fine piece of popular history, Barry Turner provides an engaging and vivid account of this first major episode of the Cold War. * BBC History *Crisply written, suitably dramatic and ultimately heartening book. * Daily Mail *This new history of “Operation Vittles” based on hitherto unexplored archives and interviews with veterans paints a fresh, vivid picture of the Berlin airlift, whose repercussions - the role of the USA as a global leader, German ascendancy, Russian threat - are still being felt today. * The Bookseller *Barry Turner offers a compelling view of the airlift, explains the context and explores its legacy. * CHOICE *
About The Author
Barry Turner
Barry Turner is a celebrated historian, the author most recently of Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich (Icon, 2015), described as ‘page-turning’ by the Daily Mail, and of Suez 1956 (Hodder, 2006) and, with Tony Rennell, of When Daddy Came Home (Arrow, 2014). He lives in London and south-west France.
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