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100	1		_aKempe, Frederick.
245	1	0	_aBerlin 1961 : _bKennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth _cFrederick Kempe.
260			_aNew York : _bG.P. Putnam's Sons, _cc2011.
300			_axxv, 579 p., [32] p. of plates : _bill., col. map ; _c24 cm.
500			_aCol. maps on end sheets.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [553]-563) and index.
505	0		_aPt. 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.
520			_aBased on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present.
600	1	0	_aKennedy, John F. _q(John Fitzgerald), _d1917-1963.
650		0	_aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
651		0	_aBerlin (Germany) _xPolitics and government _y1945-1990.
651		0	_aUnited States _xForeign relations _zSoviet Union.
651		0	_aSoviet Union _xForeign relations _zUnited States.
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