Bibliograph

The candy bombers, the untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour, Andrei Cherny

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Label

The candy bombers, the untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour, Andrei Cherny

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-603) and index

Illustrations

plates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The candy bombers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

268795085

Responsibility statement

Andrei Cherny

Sub title

the untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour

Summary

Cherny brings together newly unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and fresh primary interviews to tell the story of the Berlin Airlift, one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history

Table Of Contents

Introduction: June 24, 1948 -- The banks: Spring 1945. The end ; Tombstones ; Visions ; Flight ; The descent -- The bend: Spring 1948. Chasm ; March -- The bridge: 1948-1949. June ; July ; August ; September ; October ; November ; December ; Spring again -- Afterword: Coming home -- Epilogue: October 1990

Target audience

adult

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Untold story of the Berlin Airlift and America's finest hour

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