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Checkpoint Charlie : la guerre froide, le mur de Berlin et l'endroit le plus dangereux
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Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 9781982100049
- Book Title
- Checkpoint Charlie : the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Europe / Germany, Modern / 20th Century
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Product Information
A "constantly captivating...well-researched and often moving" ( The Wall Street Journal ) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War. In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a billion dollars to the creation of the Berlin Wall, an eleven-foot-high barrier that consisted of seventy-nine miles of fencing, 300 watchtowers, 250 guard dog runs, twenty bunkers, and was operated around the clock by guards who shot to kill. Over the next twenty-eight years, at least five thousand people attempt to smash through it, swim across it, tunnel under it, or fly over it. In 1989, the East German leadership buckled in the face of a civil revolt that culminated in half a million East Berliners demanding an end to the ban on free movement. The world's media flocked to capture the moment which, perhaps more than any other, signaled the end of the Cold War. Checkpoint Charlie had been the epicenter of global conflict for nearly three decades. Now, "in capturing the essence of the old Cold War [MacGregor] may just have helped us to understand a bit more about the new one" ( The Times , London)--the mistrust, oppression, paranoia, and fear that gripped the world throughout this period. Checkpoint Charlie is about the nerve-wracking confrontation between the West and USSR, highlighting such important global figures as Eisenhower, Stalin, JFK, Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedung, Nixon, Reagan, and other politicians of the period. He also includes never-before-heard interviews with the men who built and dismantled the Wall; children who crossed it; relatives and friends who lost loved ones trying to escape over it; military policemen and soldiers who guarded the checkpoints; CIA, MI6, and Stasi operatives who oversaw operations across its borders; politicians whose ambitions shaped it; journalists who recorded its story; and many more whose living memories contributed to the full story of Checkpoint Charlie.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1982100044
ISBN-13
9781982100049
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038582680
Product Key Features
Book Title
Checkpoint Charlie : the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
World / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Europe / Germany, Modern / 20th Century
Publication Year
2020
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dd881.M23 2019
Reviews
"Checkpoint Charlie is emblematic of both the tension and romance of the pivot between third World War and peace. Ian MacGregor captures brilliantly and comprehensively both the danger and exhilaration that I and other reporters, soldiers, and people experienced intersecting with the wall, and the fears and the eventual hope that flowed through it. A must read for anyone who wants to understand the Europe we have inherited." --Jon Snow, Channel 4 News "This remarkable book about the Berlin Wall, which has been the subject of everything from diplomatic histories to spy thrillers, is different. Based on extensive, detailed interviews with people on both sides of the wall--soldiers and civilians, Communists and anti-Communists, spies, intellectuals and ordinary citizens--it offers a riveting panorama of everyday life as it was actually lived at ground zero of the cold war." --William Taubman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Krushchev: The Man and His Era "The story of divided Berlin has been told so often that there seemed little new to say about it. Iain MacGregor's book, with its wealth of eye witness stories, proves how wrong that was - and how understanding the last Cold War is crucial for anyone who wants to understand the new one." --Martin Sixsmith, ex-BBC News Moscow Correspondent, "A fascinating and telling reminder of what was perhaps the most potent symbol of the Cold War....MacGregor writes with great fluency and narrative drive." -- William Boyd, NewStatesman "MacGregor's intimate knowledge of the soldiers and spies who paid their dues in the forty-year undeclared war whose cockpit was Berlin, makes for some truly remarkable and gripping reading. Highly recommended." -- Frederick Taylor, author of The Berlin Wall and Dresden "As an aspiring student of modern history in the 1980s, my thinking was dominated by the Berlin Wall and the monstrous regime at its heart. It is difficult to believe now--much like the Cold War itself--that we all thought the Wall was so immortal. As a writer of oral history, I look forward to MacGregor bringing the stories of the people who populated this barrier to life. We need to remember." -- Joshua Levine, New York Times bestselling author of Dunkirk "A lively, evocative account of the life and death of the world's most notorious wall. In capturing the essence of the old Cold War he may just have helped us to understand a bit more about the new one." -- The Times "A rich collection of tales from cold war Berlin captures the city's mad complexities." -- Observer, "A fascinating and telling reminder of what was perhaps the most potent symbol of the Cold War....MacGregor writes with great fluency and narrative drive." -- William Boyd, NewStatesman "As an aspiring student of modern history in the 1980s, my thinking was dominated by the Berlin Wall and the monstrous regime at its heart. It is difficult to believe now--much like the Cold War itself--that we all thought the Wall was so immortal. As a writer of oral history, I look forward to MacGregor bringing the stories of the people who populated this barrier to life. We need to remember." -- Joshua Levine, New York Times bestselling author of Dunkirk "A lively, evocative account of the life and death of the world's most notorious wall. In capturing the essence of the old Cold War he may just have helped us to understand a bit more about the new one." -- The Times "A rich collection of tales from cold war Berlin captures the city's mad complexities." -- Observer, "Excellent...One of the many strengths of this fluid and constantly captivating book is the wonderful range of voices that Mr. MacGregor, a British editor and publisher, has brought together." -- Wall Street Journal
Copyright Date
2019
Lccn
2019-024838
Dewey Decimal
943/.15508770922
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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