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- Condition
- Release Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 9780399154966
- Book Title
- Candy Bombers : the Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
- Item Length
- 3.8in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- Europe / Germany, United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General
- Item Width
- 6.3in
- Item Weight
- 35 oz
- Number of Pages
- 630 Pages
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The masterfully told story of the unlikely men who came together to make the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history. On the sixtieth anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, Andrei Cherny tells a remarkable story with profound implications for the world today. In the tradition of the best narrative storytellers, he brings together newly unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and fresh primary interviews to tell the story of the ill-assorted group of cast-offs and second-stringers who not only saved millions of desperate people from a dire threat but changed how the world viewed the United States, and set in motion the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and to Americas victory in the Cold War. On June 24, 1948, intent on furthering its domination of Europe, the Soviet Union cut off all access to West Berlin, prepared to starve the city into submission unless the Americans abandoned it. Soviet forces hugely outnumbered the Allies, and most of Americas top officials considered the situation hopeless. But not all of them. Harry Truman, an accidental president, derided by his own party; Lucius Clay, a frustrated general, denied a combat command and relegated to the home front; Bill Tunner, a logistics expert downsized to a desk job in a corner of the Pentagon; James Forrestal, a secretary of defence beginning to mentally unravel; Hal Halvorsen, a lovesick pilot who had served far from the conflict, flying transport missions in the backwater of a global war, altogether these unlikely men improvised and stumbled their way into a uniquely American combination of military and moral force unprecedented in its time.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399154965
ISBN-13
9780399154966
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63289854
Product Key Features
Book Title
Candy Bombers : the Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, United States / 20th Century, International Relations / General
Publication Year
2008
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
630 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
3.8in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
35 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dd881.C495 2008
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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Up
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aWhat an exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully-written book this is! The dramatic tale of Americaas response to the Berlin blockade involves a colorful cast of characters, great and flawed, who defined the way a great nation could act as a benevolent world power. Each page has lessons for today, and it is also a thrilling narrative to read. Cherny has produced a book that lives up to this glorious American moment in history.a -Walter Isaacson, Author of "Benjamin Franklin: Am American Life" and "Einstein: His Life and Universe" aAndrei Chernyas "The Candy Bombers" is a gripping, suspenseful narrative history about the U.S. Cold War era pilots determined to help the freedom-strangled citizens of West Berlin survive Soviet tyranny. Written with incredible verve and vivid detail, Cherny succeeds in making those harrowing days of Berlin circa 1948-49 come alive. As a historian, he reminds me of Stephen Ambrose at his best.a -Douglas Brinkley Professor of History; Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University; Author, "The Great Deluge" and "Tour of DutyEditor, The Reagan Diaries" aThe early Cold War era was as tense as the days after 9/11. Andrei Cherny captures, in vivid detail, the excitement and drama of the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin. You will have a hard time not cheering a or feeling moved a when America rescues its former enemy in the name of freedom.a -Evan Thomas, Author, "Sea of Thunder", What an exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully-written book this is! The dramatic tale of America’s response to the Berlin blockade involves a colorful cast of characters, great and flawed, who defined the way a great nation could act as a benevolent world power. Each page has lessons for today, and it is also a thrilling narrative to read. Cherny has produced a book that lives up to this glorious American moment in history.” -Walter Isaacson, Author of Benjamin Franklin: Am American Lifeand Einstein: His Life and Universe Andrei Cherny’s The Candy Bombersis a gripping, suspenseful narrative history about the U.S. Cold War era pilots determined to help the freedom-strangled citizens of West Berlin survive Soviet tyranny. Written with incredible verve and vivid detail, Cherny succeeds in making those harrowing days of Berlin circa 1948-49 come alive. As a historian, he reminds me of Stephen Ambrose at his best.” -Douglas BrinkleyProfessor of History; Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University; Author, The Great Delugeand Tour of DutyEditor, The Reagan Diaries The early Cold War era was as tense as the days after 9/11. Andrei Cherny captures, in vivid detail, the excitement and drama of the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin. You will have a hard time not cheering – or feeling moved – when America rescues its former enemy in the name of freedom.” -Evan Thomas, Author, Sea of Thunder, “What an exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully-written book this is! The dramatic tale of America’s response to the Berlin blockade involves a colorful cast of characters, great and flawed, who defined the way a great nation could act as a benevolent world power. Each page has lessons for today, and it is also a thrilling narrative to read. Cherny has produced a book that lives up to this glorious American moment in history.â€� - Walter Isaacson , Author of Benjamin Franklin: Am American Life and Einstein: His Life and Universe “Andrei Cherny’s The Candy Bombers is a gripping, suspenseful narrative history about the U.S. Cold War era pilots determined to help the freedom-strangled citizens of West Berlin survive Soviet tyranny. Written with incredible verve and vivid detail, Cherny succeeds in making those harrowing days of Berlin circa 1948-49 come alive. As a historian, he reminds me of Stephen Ambrose at his best.â€� - Douglas Brinkley Professor of History; Fellow, Baker Institute, Rice University; Author, The Great Deluge and Tour of DutyEditor, The Reagan Diaries “The early Cold War era was as tense as the days after 9/11. Andrei Cherny captures, in vivid detail, the excitement and drama of the U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin. You will have a hard time not cheering – or feeling moved – when America rescues its former enemy in the name of freedom.â€� - Evan Thomas , Author, Sea of Thunder
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2008-000856
Dewey Decimal
943/.1550874
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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Yes
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