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Fighting the Cold War in post-blockade, pre-wall Berlin : behind enemy lines

Title
Fighting the Cold War in post-blockade, pre-wall Berlin : behind enemy lines / Mark Fenemore.
Author
Fenemore, Mark
Publication
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

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Description
xiii, 263 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm.
Summary
"As fought in 1950s Berlin, the Cold War was a many-headed monster. Winning stomachs with enticing consumption was as important as winning hearts and minds with persuasive propaganda. Demonstrators not only fought the police in the streets; they were swayed one way or another by cultural competition. Western espionage agencies waged brazen but surreptitious covert warfare, while the Stasi fought back with a campaign of targeted kidnapping. This book takes seriously a complex borderscape, which narrowed but did not stem the flow of people, ideas and goods over an open boundary. Assessing the licit and the illicit, the book stresses the messy and entwined nature of this war of a thousand cuts / miniscule salami slices. While brinkmanship was orchestrated by the elites in Moscow and Washington, the effects of such intense psychological pressure were felt by ordinary Berliners, who sought to carry on with their mundane."--
Series Statement
Routledge studies in modern European history
Uniform Title
Routledge studies in modern European history.
Alternative Title
Behind enemy lines
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Brinkmanship and intransigence at the frontier -- Enclaves and exclaves -- S-Bahn incidents -- The paramilitary response to threatened invasions -- Policing demonstrations and protests near the border -- Illicit smuggling -- Wanderers between two worlds -- The murky world of espionage -- The art of kidnapping -- Impact of the Berlin Wall.
Call Number
JFE 20-1738
ISBN
  • 9780367194413
  • 0367194414
LCCN
2019024742
OCLC
1099833175
Author
Fenemore, Mark, author.
Title
Fighting the Cold War in post-blockade, pre-wall Berlin : behind enemy lines / Mark Fenemore.
Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Routledge studies in modern European history
Routledge studies in modern European history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Form:
Online version: Fighting the Cold War in post-blockade, pre-wall Berlin New York : Routledge, 2020. 9780429510991 (DLC) 2019024743
Research Call Number
JFE 20-1738
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