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02615aam a2200433 i 4500 001 14319E98E5FB11EB9DB2ACEA33ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210716010010 008 210702s2021 nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021002362 020 $a 125024756X 020 $a 9781250247568 035 $a (OCoLC)1258682474 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c FMG $d FMG $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- 082 00 $a 943/.1550874 $2 23 100 1 $a Milton, Giles, $e author. 245 10 $a Checkmate in Berlin : $b the Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world / $c Giles Milton. 246 30 $a Cold War showdown that shaped the modern world 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Henry Holt and Company, $c 2021. 300 $a xvi, 377 pages, 16 unnumbered pages pf plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-357) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a Berlin's fate was sealed at the 1945 Yalta conference: the city, along with the rest of Germany, was to be carved up among the victorious powers the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution. In reality, once the four powers were no longer united by the common purpose of defeating Germany, they wasted little time reverting to their prewar hostility towardand suspicion ofone another. The veneer of civility between the Western allies and the Soviets was to break down in spectacular fashion in Berlin. Rival systems, rival ideologies, and rival personalities ensured that the German capital became an explosive battleground. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Berlin. $z Berlin. 650 0 $a Cold War. 651 0 $a Berlin (Germany) $x History $y 1945-1990. 651 0 $a Berlin (Germany) $x Strategic aspects. 941 $a 7 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040902.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020603.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012030320.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010023909.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014623.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210902014006.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210716010027.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=14319E98E5FB11EB9DB2ACEA33ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search