In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berli
Checkpoint Charlie, 27 October 1961. At 9pm on a damp night, the Cold War reaches crisis point, US and Soviet tanks face off across the East-West divide, only yards apart. One mistake, one nervous sol
A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and th
