Acclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of the Cold War's defining episode.
Barry Turner is a celebrated historian, the author most recently of Karl Doenitz and the Last Days of the Third Reich (Icon, 2015), described as 'page-turning' by the Daily Mail, and of Suez 1956 (Hodder, 2006) and, with Tony Rennell, of When Daddy Came Home (Arrow, 2014). He lives in London and south-west France.
In this fine piece of popular history, Barry Turner provides an
engaging and vivid account of this first major episode of the Cold
War.
*BBC History*
Crisply written, suitably dramatic and ultimately heartening
book.
*Daily Mail*
This new history of "Operation Vittles" based on hitherto
unexplored archives and interviews with veterans paints a fresh,
vivid picture of the Berlin airlift, whose repercussions - the role
of the USA as a global leader, German ascendancy, Russian threat -
are still being felt today.
*The Bookseller*
Barry Turner offers a compelling view of the airlift, explains the
context and explores its legacy.
*CHOICE*
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