{"product_id":"9781510740617","title":"The Berlin Airlift : The Cold War Mission to Save a City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A detailed dramatic narrative...Vivid.\"—Times (London) Literary Supplement. How the Allies kept the population of West Berlin alive in the face of a Russian blockade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of1948, the Russians occupied all of Eastern Europe. Behind Russian lines, the Allied-controlled part of the great city of Berlin stood as the lone Western outpost in a sea of Communist occupation. Then the Soviets closed all Allied traffic through their zone, sealing off the food and supply routes on which the city relied.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA vast air armada streamed from Western airfields to supply the hard-pressed Berliners with food and necessities. For over a year the Americans led a gigantic—and successful—effort to keep an entire city alive in the face of Soviet hostility.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith strong insight into the characters of Ernest Bevin, General Clay, Dean Acheson, and Robert Schumann, and now with a foreword by former British minister to Berlin Sir Michael Burton, this a story of individual heroism and high brinkmanship politics, of daily life under appalling circumstances, and great achievements against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skyhorse Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52929486487861,"sku":"EB_MW0700_J07-06_DUBAI","price":81.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0971\/7773\/1381\/files\/9781510740617-1.jpg?v=1789405837","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.ae\/products\/9781510740617","provider":"Books Kinokuniya UAE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}