The Berlin Airlift: The Relief Operation That Defined the Cold War

by Barry Turner

Book Overview

Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of
the Cold War's defining episode.

Berlin, 1948 - a divided city in a divided country in a
divided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside
Soviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allies
were determined to stay, but had only three narrow air corridors linking the
city to the West. Stalin was confident he could crush Berlin's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785782401
• ISBN13: 9781785782404
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"