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The Berlin Crisis of 1961 Soviet-American Relations and the Struggle for Power in the Kremlin, June-November, 1961 / [by] Robert M. Slusser.

By: Slusser, Robert M [author]Contributor(s): Project Muse | Project Muse [distributor]Material type: TextTextDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource xvi, 509 pages)ISBN: 9781421432267Subject(s): Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 | Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za. Sʺezd (22nd : 1961 : Moscow, Russia) | World politics -- 1955-1965 | Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 | Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990Genre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. DDC classification: 943/.155/087 LOC classification: DD881 | .S52 2019Online resources: Full text available:
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.
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Originally published as Johns Hopkins Press, 1973

Includes bibliographical references (pages 479-484) and indexes.

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.

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"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.

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