Checkpoint Charlie : the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the most dangerous place on earth
Record details
- ISBN: 1982100044
- ISBN: 9781982100049
- ISBN: 1982100036
- ISBN: 9781982100032
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Physical Description:
viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-326) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: October -- Island in the Communist stream -- The spook in Berlin -- In a mousetrap now -- Split asunder -- A new border to patrol -- Who blinks first? -- Elvis is dead -- Let them come to Berlin! -- The secret army -- Searching for a grain of truth -- Catch me if you can! -- A soldier's death -- The singing Jew of Checkpoint Charlie -- Chimes of freedom -- At the edge of control -- The last escape -- A family in Berlin -- The memo that ended the Cold War -- The flood -- Lights, cameras, action! -- Aftermath -- Goodbye Checkpoint Charlie -- Epilogue: four memories. |
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Subject: | Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 History Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 History Cold War Social aspects Germany Berlin (Germany) History 1945-1990 |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Marion Library | 943.155 MAC (Text) | 37810435759369 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |