Berlin in the Cold War

Berlin in the Cold War vividly describes the conflict between the two superpowers-the USA and the Soviet Union-as it played out in Berlin the divided city that was the frontier town the spy post and the battlefield. The book highlights the dramatic events that touched the whole world: the blockade the airlift the uprising of June 1953 the construction of the Wall stories of escape and espionage and the fall of the Iron Curtain. Includes numerous pictures and a map.Berlinica Publishing offers English-language books from Berlin German; fiction non-fiction travel guides history about the Wall and the Third Reich Jewish life art architecture and photography as well as travel guides and cookbook. It also offers documentaries and feature films on DVD as well as music CDs. Berlinica caters to history buffs Americans of German heritage travelers and artists and young people who love the cutting-edge city in the heart of Europe. Berlinica cooperates with Berlin-based publishing houses. Berlinica's current and upcoming titles include Our West Berlin by various authors also five translated books by famed Weimar author Kurt Tucholsky as well as Harold Poor's landmark biography of Tucholsky two translated plays by Ernst Toller and two American travel stories by Alfred Kerr and Roda Roda soon to be followed by Egon Erwin Kisch's Paradise America.In the non-fiction department we have Rocking the Wall the Bruce-Springsteen-book and Burning Beethoven about German Americans in World War I both by Erik Kirschbaum also Mark Twain in Berlin by Andreas Austilat Berlin 1945: World War II: Photos of the Aftermath by Michael Brettin The Berlin Wall Today a full-color guide to the remnants of the Wall by Michael Cramer Berlin in the Cold War about post-World War II history the comprehensive guide Jews in Berlin by Andreas Nachama Julius Schoeps Hermann Simon and A Place they Called Home edited by Donna Swarthout about Jews returning to Germany.We also offer The Berlin Cookbook a full-color collection of traditional German recipes by Rose Marie Donhauser the picture book Wings of Desire by Lothar Heinke Martin Luther's Travel Guide by Cornelia Dömer Leipzig! The City of Books und Music by Sebastian Ringel and Berlin For Free a guide for the frugal traveler by Monica Maertens.