TY  - BOOK
AU  - Milton,Giles
TI  - Checkmate in Berlin: the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world 
SN  - 125024756X
AV  - DD881 .M53 2021
U1  - 943/.1550874 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Henry Holt and Company
KW  - Howley, Frank L.,
KW  - Kotikov, A. G.
KW  - Cold War
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Germany
KW  - Berlin
KW  - Berlin (Germany)
KW  - History
KW  - 1945-1990
KW  - Strategic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index; The road to Berlin -- Flag on the Reichstag -- Red Berlin -- Loot -- Arrival of the allies -- Life on the edge -- Dividing the spoils -- Let battle commence -- Enter the overlords -- The Iron Curtain -- Ministry of lies -- Crime and punishment -- Playing dirty -- Shifting sands -- Breaking point -- The perfect siege -- Flying high -- The sky's the limit -- Checkmate -- Fruits of victory
N2  - "The lively, immersive story of the race to seize Berlin in the aftermath of World War II that fired the starting gun for the Cold War"--; After the 1945 Yalta Conference, Berlin-- along with the rest of Germany-- was to be carved up among the victorious powers. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution. In reality, once the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union were no longer united by the common purpose of defeating Germany, they wasted little time reverting to their prewar hostility toward one another. Milton introduces readers to individuals like America's explosive Frank "Howlin' Mad" Howley, a brusque sharp-tongued colonel with loathing for all Russians. Howley fought an intensely personal battle against his nemesis, General Alexander Kotikov, commandant of the Soviet sector. They were flawed individuals who were determined to win, and Milton shows that they had a shaping force on the modern world- one that's still felt today. -- adapted from jacket
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