1. Continental Rift.
- Author
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Dowd, Alan W.
- Subjects
AIRPORTS ,COMMERCIAL aeronautics ,COLD War, 1945-1991 ,INTERNATIONAL relations, 1945-1989 ,INTERNATIONAL relations - Abstract
Focuses on the closure of the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, which symbolizes the alleged chilled relations between Europe and the U.S. since the end of the Cold War. Event that triggered the Berlin Airlift to mark the beginning of the Cold War and foreshadow its ultimate outcome; Threat brought about by the closure; Turnout of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
- Published
- 2004