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050		4	_aDD881 _b.M53 2021
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100	1		_aMilton, Giles,
245	1	0	_aCheckmate in Berlin : _bthe Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / _cGiles Milton.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHenry Holt and Company, _c2021.
264		4	_c©2021.
300			_axvi, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_aAfter 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.
600	1	0	_aHowley, Frank L., _d1903-1993.
600	1	0	_aKotikov, A. G. _q(Aleksandr Georgievich), _d1902-1981.
647		7	_aCold War _d(1945-1989) _2fast
647		7	_aWorld War _d(1939-1945) _2fast
648		7	_a1939-1990 _2fast.
650		0	_aCold War.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _zGermany _zBerlin.
651		0	_aBerlin (Germany) _xHistory _y1945-1990.
651		0	_aBerlin (Germany) _xStrategic aspects.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMilton, Giles. _tCheckmate in Berlin _bFirst US edition. _dNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2021 _z9781250247551 _w(DLC) 2021002363.
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