Berlin von pearson joseph (27 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The fascinating story of how a forgotten group of airmen--who had spent World War II dropping Allied bombs on Berlin--risked their lives in 1948-49 dropping chocolate bars from the sky. After Hitler's defeat in World War II, Europe's ruins were divided between East and West. The center of the struggle for influence was Berlin, split between the victorious Allied powers: the Soviets on one side and the Anglo-American and French forces on the other. Berlin was closer to the Soviet border than Paris, a strategic springboard for Stalin to rule Central Europe. In June of 1948, three years after the war, Stalin made his move to take complete control of the city. Laying siege, he blocked off supplies and transport to the Western sectors. The stakes could not have been higher: the Russian leader risked nuclear conflict. A false move--even one American plane shot down by Russian fighters--could mean the atomic drop that American generals were contemplating. Was Berlin worth this enormous risk, and how would the West react? The Soviets expected West Berlin would be easy to win. They were stunned when their adversaries launched, instead, a daring operation to supply Berlin by plane. With 277,500 flights in total, one landing in Berlin every three minutes, British and American pilots delivered 2.3 million tons of essentials such as coal and flour and, famously, candy and chocolate. The Berlin Airlift became the largest air operation in history. The airlift, meanwhile, transformed West Germans from foes into willing partners against Stalin. In this sense, the first victory against Germany came in 1945--when the Allied powers pummeled it into submission. The sweet victory came three years later when the Western powers conquered the hearts and minds of their former enemy. The Berlin Airlift is one of the century's most dangerous and least understood crises of the twentieth century. Inexperienced and armed to the teeth, the world's superpowers surveyed each other for the first time. The Cold War began in this city in 1948-49, just as it would end there forty years later.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 255 pages. 8.00x4.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Zustand: New. Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today. Series: CityScopes. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 120. . . 2017. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As Joseph Pearson poetically puts it in this rich look at one of Europe's most fascinating cities: Berlin is a party in a graveyard. Europe's youth capital, Berlin is also beset by sustained guilt for the atrocities that were ordered by its Nazi officers during the Third Reich. Built and rebuilt on the ruins of multiple regimes, Berlin in the twenty-first-century houses an extraordinary diversity of refugees, immigrants, and expats. Offering a comprehensive but concise history, Pearson tells the story of Berlin's past over nine centuries while also painting a portrait of the vibrant German capital today. Pearson describes the rise of Berlin from a small settlement surrounded by bog to one of the crucial economic and political centers of Europe. Berlin is a palimpsest of a cutting edge and dynamic modern culture over a troubled history, one that is visible in bombsites, museums, late-night clubs, and even a lake that allegedly hosts a man-eating monster. He ultimately shows how the city is imbued with an array of unnerving elements: emptiness, provincialism, ramshackle industrial eclecticism, lurid and lascivious counter-cultural expressions, and a tremendous history of violence--but also that these are precisely the sorts of things that give the city its unique charge. Posing one thought-provoking question after another, Pearson walks the city's neighborhoods, peeling back layer upon layer of history in order to reveal a Berlin that few of us know.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The fascinating story of how a forgotten group of airmenwho had spent World War II dropping Allied bombs on Berlinrisked their lives in 1948-49 dropping chocolate bars from the sky.> In June of 1948, three years after the war, Stalin made his move to take complete control of the city. Laying siege, he blocked off supplies and transport to the Western sectors. The stakes could not have been higher: the Russian leader risked nuclear conflict. A false moveeven one American plane shot down by Russian fighterscould mean the atomic drop that American generals were contemplating. Was Berlin worth this enormous risk, and how would the West react The Soviets expected West Berlin would be easy to win. They were stunned when their adversaries launched, instead, a daring operation to supply Berlin by plane. With 277,500 flights in total, one landing in Berlin every three minutes, British and American pilots delivered 2.3 million tons of essentials such as coal and flour and, famously, candy and chocolate. The Berlin Airlift became the largest air operation in history. The airlift, meanwhile, transformed West Germans from foes into willing partners against Stalin. In this sense, the first victory against Germany came in 1945when the Allied powers pummeled it into submission. The sweet victory came three years later when the Western powers conquered the hearts and minds of their former enemy. The Berlin Airlift is one of the century's most dangerous and least understood crises of the twentieth century. Inexperienced and armed to the teeth, the world's superpowers surveyed each other for the first time. The Cold War began in this city in 1948-49, just as it would end there forty years later.…

Zustand: New. Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today.Berlin is a party in a graveyard. It is Europe s youth capital, and its guilty war conscience. It is a disputed construction site, built on the ruins of regimes. Today s di.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A unique and textured portrait of a city under siege, through the eyes of those who were there.

hardcover. Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Berlin | Joseph Pearson | Taschenbuch | Cityscopes | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2017 | Reaktion Books | EAN 9781780237190 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Kolibri 360 GmbH, Ettore-Bugatti-Str. 6-14, 51149 Köln, produktsicherheit[at]kolibri360[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Sweet Victory | How the Berlin Airlift Divided East and West | Joseph Pearson | Buch | Englisch | 2025 | Pegasus Books | EAN 9781639368587 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. The Airlift | Victories, Myths, and the Berlin Blockade | Joseph Pearson | Buch | Englisch | 2025 | The History Press Ltd | EAN 9781803998220 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.