Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: "A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War"
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Kennedy and the Berlin Wall: "A Hell of a Lot Better Than a War"

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Kennedy and the Berlin Wall tells the full story of the Berlin Crisis that riveted international attention and brought the world to the brink of nuclear warfare as Soviet and American tanks opposed each other on the streets of Berlin. Drawing on the author's own experience as an American diplomat in Germany during the period, as well as on recently opened Soviet, East Germ...more
Hardcover, 295 pages
Published August 28th 2009 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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And how do you escalate a tense situation--send Lyndon Johnson to spend 48 hours badgering Willy Brandt about where he bought his shoes and driving himself around on the Autobahn.
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