Berlin on the Brink [electronic resource] : The Blockade, the Airlift, and the Early Cold War /
Harrington, Daniel F.
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky,
c2012.
The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were jockeying for control of their former foe. Attempting to thwart the Allied powers' plans to create a unified West German government, the Soviets blocked rail and road access to the western sectors of Berlin in June 1948. With no other means of delivering food and supplies to the German people under their protection, the Allies organized the Berlin airl
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Map 1; Map 2; Introduction; 1 Opportunity; 2 Willingness; 3 ""The Danger Point Is Berlin""; 4 Prudence and Resolve; 5 ""Doomed to Failure""; 6 ""The Next Step""; 7 The Moscow Discussions; 8 The September Crisis; Photo Insert; 9 A Necessary Failure; 10 ""Lieber Pomm als 'Frau Komm!'""; 11 An Unexpected Success; 12 Dealing Sensibly with Established Fact; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index
The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were jockeying for control of their former foe. Attempting to thwart the Allied powers' plans to create a unified West German government, the Soviets blocked rail and road access to the western sectors of Berlin in June 1948. With no other means of delivering food and supplies to the German people under their protection, the Allies organized the Berlin airl
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cold War.