02990nam 2200613 a 450 991080984270332120210909215253.01-282-49769-397866124976980-7425-9978-7(CKB)1000000000786715(EBL)467431(OCoLC)434023175(SSID)ssj0000187065(PQKBManifestationID)12012308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187065(PQKBWorkID)10252907(PQKB)11241845(MiAaPQ)EBC467431(Au-PeEL)EBL467431(CaPaEBR)ebr10364280(CaONFJC)MIL249769(EXLCZ)99100000000078671520090213d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrKennedy and the Berlin Wall[electronic resource] "a hell of a lot better than a war" /W.R. SmyserLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20091 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7425-6091-0 0-7425-6090-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-287) and index."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."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, SmyseBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989United StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsGermany (West)Germany (West)Foreign relationsUnited StatesBerlin (Germany)International statusBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.973.922092Smyser W. R.1931-2018.1474278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809842703321Kennedy and the Berlin Wall4096158UNINA