Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth - Couverture souple

MacGregor, Iain

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408715422 ISBN 13 : 9781408715420

Editeur : Constable, 2021

Synopsis

With a foreword by William Boyd

'Gripping and revelatory' Tom Holland

'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real' Daily Mail, Must Reads

'With a gripping narrative and vivid interviews with those on all sides whose lives were directly affected by that grim symbol of the East-West divide that poisoned Europe for almost half a century, [MacGregor] has made an important contribution to the history of our times' Jonathan Dimbleby

'Captures brilliantly and comprehensively both the danger and exhilaration that I and other reporters, soldiers, and people experienced intersecting with the wall - a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the Europe we have inherited' Jon Snow

A powerful, fascinating, and ground-breaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary and most important military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States and her allies confronted the USSR during the Cold War.

As the sixtieth anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall approaches in 2021, Iain MacGregor captures the mistrust, oppression, paranoia, and fear that gripped the city throughout this period. Checkpoint Charlie is about the nerve-wracking confrontation between the West and the Soviet Union that contains never-before-heard interviews with the men who built and dismantled the Wall; lovers who crossed it; relatives and friends who lost family trying to escape over it; German, British, French, and Russian soldiers who guarded its checkpoints; CIA, MI6 and Stasi operatives who oversaw secret operations across its borders; politicians whose ambitions shaped it; journalists who recorded its story; and many more whose living memories contributed to the full story of Checkpoint Charlie. A brilliant work of historical journalism, Checkpoint Charlie is an invaluable record of this period.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Iain MacGregor is an editor and publisher of nonfiction in the UK. His father served with the British Army on the Rhine in the 1950s, and enjoyed R&R in West Berlin. As a student he visited the Baltic and the Soviet Union, avidly followed events that unfolded in Berlin on the night of 9th November 1989 when the Wall fell and then later travelled through into the former Warsaw Pact territories and Berlin, visiting Checkpoint Charlie, still untouched. He lives with his wife and two children in London.

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Mail on Sunday

A powerful, fascinating, and ground-breaking history of Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary and most important military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States and her allies confronted the USSR during the Cold War.

Iain MacGregor captures the mistrust, oppression, paranoia, and fear that gripped Berlin throughout this period. Checkpoint Charlie is about the nerve-wracking confrontation between the West and USSR, highlighting such important global figures as JFK, Nikita Khrushchev, Reagan, Gorbachev and other leaders of the period. He also includes never-before-heard interviews with the men who built and dismantled the Wall; lovers who crossed it; relatives and friends who lost family trying to escape over it; German, British, French, and Russian soldiers who guarded its checkpoints; CIA, MI6 and Stasi operatives who oversaw secret operations across its borders; politicians whose ambitions shaped it; journalists who recorded its story; and many more whose living memories contributed to the full story of Checkpoint Charlie. A brilliant work of historical journalism, Checkpoint Charlie is an invaluable record of this period.

'A lively, evocative account of the life and death of the world's most notorious wall. In capturing the essence of the old Cold War [MacGregor] may just have helped us to understand a bit more about the new one' The Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Constable
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408715422
• ISBN 13: 9781408715420
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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