The Last Division: A History Of Berlin, 1945-1989

Tusa a historian and journalist utilizes newly available documents and eye-witness interviews in her description of the great events dramas and problems which still shape Berlins new status as the booming capital-to-be of a nervously unified Germany. In exploring how the Allies handled the Berlin situation Tusa offers fascinating portraits of such prominent world leaders as Eisenhower Adenauer Macmillan and De Gaulle. Readers glimpse John F. Kennedys youth and restlessness in dealing with Germany as well as Nikita Krushchevs cunning and erratic mood swings in confronting his enemies. Annotation c. by Book News Inc. Portland Or.