1. Berlin 1961: The record corrected.
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Garthoff, R.L.
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SOVIET Union-United States relations - Abstract
Describes the faceoff that occurred in October 1961 when US and Soviet tanks squared off against each other at Checkpoint Charlie, the crossing point in the recently constructed Berlin Wall, and uncovers recent Soviet views of that crisis, now available for the first time. The new sources reveal the confrontation was more dangerous than believed at the time. Western perception in 1961; The Soviet perspective; The confrontation in retrospect.
- Published
- 1991
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