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The Ides of August: The Berlin Wall Crisis 1961
by Cate, Curtis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0871312557
- ISBN 13
- 9780871312556
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: M. Evans and Co, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. [10], 534 p., [16] p. of illustrations; 24 cm. Brown cloth spine with black and red spine title; light brown paper over boards. Maps on endpapers. Dust jacket. On August 13, 1961, East Germany started stretching barbed wire along the border between East Germany and West Germany, in violation of the Four-Power Pact that governed Berlin. The author "dramatically reconstructs the tangled skein of events that led up to the building of the Wall, and demonstrates how Nikita Khrushchev turned the crisis into an international poker game between John F. Kennedy and himself." -- dust jacket. In addition to his political and economic analysis, Cate covers the impact of the Wall's erection on residents of the city. Book is in Near Fine Condition: remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine Condition: slightly discolored on flaps; otherwise, clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008421
- Title
- The Ides of August: The Berlin Wall Crisis 1961
- Author
- Cate, Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0871312557
- ISBN 13
- 9780871312556
- Publisher
- M. Evans and Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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