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Originally published in 1963. In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw from West Berlin. His demands eventually resulted in the division of Germany's capital city through the building of the Berlin Wall. In The Defense of Berlin, Jean Edward Smith discusses Berlin from the time of arrangements set during the war through 1962, with an emphasis on the effect that the crisis of division had on the city.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Defense of Berlin (Setting the Scene)
Chapter 2. Wartime Agreements Regarding the Occupation of Berlin
Chapter 3. The Military Decision to Halt at the Elbe
Chapter 4. "An Iron Curtain ls Drawn Upon Their Front"
Chapter 5. The Occupation Begins
Chapter 6. Blockade
Chapter 7. The City Is Split
Chapter 8. Recovery (1949-1958)
Chapter 9. The First Ultimatum
Chapter 10. Negotiations under Pressure
Chapter 11. The Tale of Three Summits (Camp David-Paris-Vienna)
Chapter 12. From Vienna to August 13
Chapter 13. The Wall
Chapter 14. "No Concessions Without Counter-Concessions"
Notes
Appendices:
I. Berlin's Early History
II. Chronology of Events 1941-1962
III. The Moscow Proposals, 1943
IV. The Iowa Conference
V. Proceedings at Tehran
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 January 2020
      ISBN-13 9781421431635
      978-1421431635
      ISBN-10 1421431637
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      International relations

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally published in 1963. In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw from West Berlin. His demands eventually resulted in the division of Germany's capital city through the building of the Berlin Wall. In The Defense of Berlin, Jean Edward Smith discusses Berlin from the time of arrangements set during the war through 1962, with an emphasis on the effect that the crisis of division had on the city.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1. The Defense of Berlin (Setting the Scene)
      Chapter 2. Wartime Agreements Regarding the Occupation of Berlin
      Chapter 3. The Military Decision to Halt at the Elbe
      Chapter 4. "An Iron Curtain ls Drawn Upon Their Front"
      Chapter 5. The Occupation Begins
      Chapter 6. Blockade
      Chapter 7. The City Is Split
      Chapter 8. Recovery (1949-1958)
      Chapter 9. The First Ultimatum
      Chapter 10. Negotiations under Pressure
      Chapter 11. The Tale of Three Summits (Camp David-Paris-Vienna)
      Chapter 12. From Vienna to August 13
      Chapter 13. The Wall
      Chapter 14. "No Concessions Without Counter-Concessions"
      Notes
      Appendices:
      I. Berlin's Early History
      II. Chronology of Events 1941-1962
      III. The Moscow Proposals, 1943
      IV. The Iowa Conference
      V. Proceedings at Tehran
      Bibliography
      Index

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