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Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khruschev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Frederick Kempe
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'A mind-shaking work of investigative history' (Wall Street Journal) Checkpoint Charlie, 27 October 1961. At 9pm on a damp night, the Cold War reaches crisis point. US and Soviet tanks face off across the East-West divide, only yards apart. One mistake, one nervous soldier, could spring the tripwire for nuclear war... Frederick Kempe's gripping book tells the story of the Cold War's most dramatic year, when Berlin became what Khrushchev called 'the most dangerous place on earth'. Kempe re-creates the war of nerves between the young, untested President Kennedy and the bombastic Soviet leader as they squared off over the future of a divided city. He interweaves this with stories of the ordinary citizens whose lives were torn apart when the Berlin Wall went up - and the world came to the brink of disaster.

Author Biography:

Frederick Kempe is president and CEO of the Atlantic Council. He previously spent more than twenty-five years as a reporter, columnist and editor for The Wall Street Journal, where he served as chief diplomatic correspondent, Berlin bureau chief and editor and associate publisher of the Journal's Europe edition. His previous three books are Divorcing the Dictator- America's Bungled Affair with Noriega, Siberian Odyssey- A Voyage into the Russian Soul and Father/Land- A Personal Search for the New Germany. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Release date Australia
June 7th, 2012
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Imprint
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages
640
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions
129x198x29
ISBN-13
9780241961742
Product ID
19588919

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