LEADER 02990nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910778198103321 005 20210909215253.0 010 $a1-282-49769-3 010 $a9786612497698 010 $a0-7425-9978-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786715 035 $a(EBL)467431 035 $a(OCoLC)434023175 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187065 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12012308 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187065 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10252907 035 $a(PQKB)11241845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467431 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467431 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364280 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249769 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786715 100 $a20090213d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKennedy and the Berlin Wall$b[electronic resource] $e"a hell of a lot better than a war" /$fW.R. Smyser 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7425-6091-0 311 $a0-7425-6090-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-287) and index. 327 $a"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." 330 $aThe 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 606 $aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zGermany (West) 607 $aGermany (West)$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aBerlin (Germany)$xInternational status 615 0$aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989. 676 $a973.922092 700 $aSmyser$b W. R.$f1931-2018.$01474278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778198103321 996 $aKennedy and the Berlin Wall$93687851 997 $aUNINA