Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth Kempe, Frederick. creator text bibliography nyu New York G.P. Putnam's Sons c2011 2011 monographic eng

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xxv, 579 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., col. map ; 24 cm. Based on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present. 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. Frederick Kempe. Col. maps on end sheets. Includes bibliographical references (p. [553]-563) and index. n-us--- e-gw--- e-ur--- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 Berlin (Germany) Politics and government 1945-1990 United States Foreign relations Soviet Union Soviet Union Foreign relations United States 943/.1550875 9780399157295 0399157298 2010033163 DLC 111229 20190501190052.0 657270821