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Author Slusser, Robert M., author.

Title The Berlin crisis of 1961 : Soviet-American relations and the struggle for power in the Kremlin, June-November 1961 / Robert M. Slusser
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 509 pages)
Contents The opening phase: the Soviets stake their claim -- Framing a western position -- The Soviets increase the pressure -- The western riposte, June 29-July 25 -- The Soviets decide on the minimum objective -- The west looks for an opening -- Climax: the Soviets act -- The collective leadership reviews the situation -- Second climax: the twenty-second party congress
Summary "The Berlin Wall (German: Berliner Mauer) was a barrier constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) starting on 13 August 1961, that completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin. The barrier included guard towers placed along large concrete walls, which circumscribed a wide area (later known as the "death strip") that contained anti-vehicle trenches, "fakir beds" and other defenses. The Eastern Bloc claimed that the wall was erected to protect its population from fascist elements conspiring to prevent the "will of the people" in building a socialist state in East Germany. In practice, the Wall served to prevent the massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the communist Eastern Bloc during the post-World War II period."--Wikipedia
Notes Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1973
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-484) and indexes
Notes Print version
Subject Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
SUBJECT Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 fast
Subject Kommunisticheskaiı̐ aı̐Ł partiiı̐ aı̐Ł Sovetskogo Soiı̐ uı̐Łza. SÊðezd (22nd : 1961 : Moscow, Russia)
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
World politics -- 1955-1965.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
Politics and government
World politics
SUBJECT Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013353
Subject Germany
Germany -- Berlin
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421432274
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9781421432267
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