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Kennedy and the Berlin Wall : "a hell of a lot better than a war" / W.R. Smyser.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smyser, W. R., 1931-2018
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
- Kennedy, John F.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
- Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich.
- Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
- Diplomatic relations.
- International law.
- Berlin (Germany)--International status.
- Berlin (Germany).
- Germany (West)--Foreign relations--United States.
- Germany (West).
- Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
- Soviet Union.
- United States--Foreign relations--Germany (West).
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
- Germany.
- Germany--Berlin.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- The Berlin Wall Crisis dominated the presidency of John F. Kennedy from his inauguration in 1961 until his historic trip to the city in June 1963. W.R. Smyser's Kennedy and the Berlin Wall offers new insights into the Berlin events that riveted global attention, especially as Soviet and American tanks faced each other at point-blank range over ""Checkpoint Charlie."" Drawing on his experience as an American diplomat in Berlin at the time; personal interviews; memoirs; and Soviet, East German, and American documents, Smyse
- Contents:
- "Ich bin ein Berliner"
- "A bone in my throat"
- "Let the word go forth"
- "Alas, Mr. Ambassador, we shall die together"
- "I never met a man like that"
- "This is the answer!"
- "The East Germans have done us a favor"
- "I am not afraid of escalation"
- "The game continues"
- "We'll talk the problem to death"
- "This may end in a big war"
- "Treaties are like maidens and roses"
- "We'll never have another day like this"
- "Our hope is the Ami"
- "We are the people."
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-287) and index.
- Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42060-6
- 979-82-16-24101-0
- 1-282-49769-3
- 9786612497698
- 0-7425-9978-7
- OCLC:
- 434023175
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