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Checkpoint Charlie : the Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the most dangerous place on earth / Iain MacGregor.
By: MacGregor, Iain [author.]
.Publisher: London : Constable, 2019Description: vii, 340 pages, 16 unumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472130587; 9781472130570.Subject(s): Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 | Cold WarDDC classification: 943.10877
Contents:
I. Exodus -- Island in the communist stream -- The spook in Berlin -- In a mousetrap now -- II. A tale of two cities -- Split asunder -- A new border to patrol -- Who blinks first? -- Elvis is dead -- Let them come to Berlin! -- III. The intelligence war -- The secret army -- Searching for a grain of truth -- Catch me if you can! -- Death of a soldier -- IV. The struggle to be free -- The singing Jew of Checkpoint Charlie -- Going underground -- Chimes of freedom -- A the edge of control -- The last escape -- V. The wall falls -- A family in Berlin -- The memo that ended the cold war -- The flood -- Lights, cameras, action! -- Aftermath -- Goodbye Checkpoint Charlie -- Epilogue : four memories.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 943.10877 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 017888 |
I. Exodus -- Island in the communist stream -- The spook in Berlin -- In a mousetrap now -- II. A tale of two cities -- Split asunder -- A new border to patrol -- Who blinks first? -- Elvis is dead -- Let them come to Berlin! -- III. The intelligence war -- The secret army -- Searching for a grain of truth -- Catch me if you can! -- Death of a soldier -- IV. The struggle to be free -- The singing Jew of Checkpoint Charlie -- Going underground -- Chimes of freedom -- A the edge of control -- The last escape -- V. The wall falls -- A family in Berlin -- The memo that ended the cold war -- The flood -- Lights, cameras, action! -- Aftermath -- Goodbye Checkpoint Charlie -- Epilogue : four memories.