{"product_id":"berlin-1961-kennedy-khrushchev-and-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-paperback","title":"Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Kempe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin \"the most dangerous place on earth.\" He knew what he was talking about. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuch has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War-and more perilous. It was in that hot summer that the Berlin Wall was constructed, which would divide the world for another twenty-eight years. Then two months later, and for the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one nervous soldier, one overzealous commander-and the tripwire would be sprung for a war that could go nuclear in a heartbeat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn one side was a young, untested U.S. president still reeling from the Bay of Pigs disaster and a humiliating summit meeting that left him grasping for ways to respond. It would add up to be one of the worst first-year foreign policy performances of any modern president. On the other side, a Soviet premier hemmed in by the Chinese, East Germans, and hardliners in his own government. With an all-important Party Congress approaching, he knew Berlin meant the difference not only for the Kremlin's hold on its empire-but for his own hold on the Kremlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither man really understood the other, both tried cynically to manipulate events. And so, week by week, they crept closer to the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a wealth of new documents and interviews, filled with fresh-sometimes startling-insights, written with immediacy and drama, \u003ci\u003eBerlin 1961\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary look at key events of the twentieth century, with powerful applications to these early years of the twenty-first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes photographs \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Kempe\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor and associate publisher of \u003cb\u003eThe Wall Street Journal Europe\u003c\/b\u003e and the founding editor of the \u003cb\u003eCentral European Economic Review\u003c\/b\u003e. A well-known American commentator in Germany, he is also the author of \u003cb\u003eDivorcing the Dictator\u003c\/b\u003e, a book about America and Noriega featured on the cover of \u003cb\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSiberian Odyssey\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45341389619302,"sku":"9780425245941","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/QmJMdXVZSUoyZ0hSMFVHS1Y2c2RhZz09.webp?v=1774835382","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/berlin-1961-kennedy-khrushchev-and-the-most-dangerous-place-on-earth-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}