Berlín 1961: Kennedy, Jrushchov y el lugar más peligroso del mundo /
Kempe, Fredrick, 1954-
Berlín 1961: Kennedy, Jrushchov y el lugar más peligroso del mundo / Frederick Kempe ; traducción de Carles Andreu. - Segunda edición. - 1 online resource (670 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations. - Serie Ensayo . - Serie Ensayo (Galaxia Gutenberg (Firm)). .
Translated from the English. Berlin 1961 : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [631]-648) and index.
Prólogo Por el general Brent Scowcroft -- Primera parte: Los protagonistas; El lugar más peligroso del mundo; Jrushchov: Un comunista en apuros; Jrushchov: El estallido de la Crisis de Berlín; Kennedy: La formación de un presidente; Kennedy: El primer error; Ulbricht y Adenauer: Alianzas inestables; Ulbricht y Adenauer: La cola menea al oso; La primavera de Jrushchov -- Segunda parte se avecina una tormenta; La hora de los amateurs; Diplomacia peligrosa; Viena: El niño mimado contra Al Capone; Viena: La amenaza de la guerra; Un verano tormentoso --Tercera parte: la confrontación; "El lugar del gran reto"; El muro: Armando la trampa; El muro: Días de desesperación; Un héroe vuelve a casa; Póquer nuclear; Enfrentamiento en Checkpoint Charlie; Réplicas.
Based on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present. In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called it "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War, and more perilous. For the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one overzealous commander, and the trip wire would be sprung for a war that would go nuclear in a heartbeat. On one side was a young, untested U.S. president still reeling from the Bay of Pigs disaster. On the other, a Soviet premier hemmed in by the Chinese, the East Germans, and hard liners in his own government. Neither really understood the other, both tried cynically to manipulate events. And so, week by week, the dangers grew.
9788415472261
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-1990.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
Electronic books.
E841 eBook
Berlín 1961: Kennedy, Jrushchov y el lugar más peligroso del mundo / Frederick Kempe ; traducción de Carles Andreu. - Segunda edición. - 1 online resource (670 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations. - Serie Ensayo . - Serie Ensayo (Galaxia Gutenberg (Firm)). .
Translated from the English. Berlin 1961 : Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the most dangerous place on earth. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [631]-648) and index.
Prólogo Por el general Brent Scowcroft -- Primera parte: Los protagonistas; El lugar más peligroso del mundo; Jrushchov: Un comunista en apuros; Jrushchov: El estallido de la Crisis de Berlín; Kennedy: La formación de un presidente; Kennedy: El primer error; Ulbricht y Adenauer: Alianzas inestables; Ulbricht y Adenauer: La cola menea al oso; La primavera de Jrushchov -- Segunda parte se avecina una tormenta; La hora de los amateurs; Diplomacia peligrosa; Viena: El niño mimado contra Al Capone; Viena: La amenaza de la guerra; Un verano tormentoso --Tercera parte: la confrontación; "El lugar del gran reto"; El muro: Armando la trampa; El muro: Días de desesperación; Un héroe vuelve a casa; Póquer nuclear; Enfrentamiento en Checkpoint Charlie; Réplicas.
Based on a new documents and interviews, this work is a look at the Berlin Crisis of 1961, with powerful applications for the present. In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called it "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War, and more perilous. For the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one overzealous commander, and the trip wire would be sprung for a war that would go nuclear in a heartbeat. On one side was a young, untested U.S. president still reeling from the Bay of Pigs disaster. On the other, a Soviet premier hemmed in by the Chinese, the East Germans, and hard liners in his own government. Neither really understood the other, both tried cynically to manipulate events. And so, week by week, the dangers grew.
9788415472261
Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Berlin (Germany)--Politics and government--1945-1990.
United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
Electronic books.
E841 eBook
