Item #1779 The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City. John Tusa Ann Tusa, Michael Burton Sir.
The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City

The Berlin Airlift: The Cold War Mission to Save a City

Skyhorse Publishing, 2019. Paperback. A clean crisp well preserved 2019 Skyhorse Publishing softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. New. Item #1779
ISBN: 9781510740617

"A detailed dramatic narrative...Vivid."--Times (London) Literary Supplement. How the Allies kept the population of West Berlin alive in the face of a Russian blockade.

In the summer of1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied.

A vast air armada streamed from Western airfields to supply the hard-pressed Berliners with food and necessities. For over a year the Americans led a gigantic--and successful--effort to keep an entire city alive in the face of Soviet hostility.

With strong insight into the characters of Ernest Bevin, General Clay, Dean Acheson, and Robert Schumann, and now with a foreword by former British minister to Berlin Sir Michael Burton, this a story of individual heroism and high brinkmanship politics, of daily life under appalling circumstances, and great achievements against all odds.

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