Kempe, Frederick. <br/><br/>
Berlin 1961 :  Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth 
Frederick Kempe. 
 - New York :  G.P. Putnam's Sons,  c2011. 
 - xxv, 579 p., [32] p. of plates :  ill., col. map ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Col. maps on end sheets. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-563) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 1 : The players. Khrushchev : communist in a hurry ; Marta Hillers's story of rape ; Khrushchev : the Berlin crisis unfolds ; Kennedy : a president's education ; The "sniper" comes in from the cold ; Kennedy : a first mistake ; Ulbricht and Adenauer : unruly alliances ; The failed flight of Friedrich Brandt ; Ulbricht and Adenauer : the tail wags the bear -- Pt. 2 : The gathering storm. Springtime for Khrushchev ; Amateur hour ; Jr̲n Donner discovers the city ; Perilous diplomacy ; Vienna : Little Boy Blue meets Al Capone ; Vienna : the threat of war ; Angry summer ; Marlene Schmidt, the universe's most beautiful refugee -- Pt. 3 : The showdown. "The great testing place" ; Ulbricht and Kurt Wismach lock horns ; The Wall : setting the trap ; The Wall : desperate days ; Eberhard Bolle lands in prison ; A hero's homecoming ; Nuclear poker ; Showdown at Checkpoint Charlie -- Epilogue : Aftershocks. 
<br/><br/> Based on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399157295  29.95 0399157298 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010033163 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-1990.<br/>United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.<br/>Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>943/.1550875