{"product_id":"the-berlin-airlift-the-relief-operation-that-defined-the-cold-war","title":"The Berlin Airlift: The Relief Operation that Defined the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed historian Barry Turner presents a new history of\u003cbr\u003ethe Cold War's defining episode.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerlin, 1948 - a divided city in a divided country in a\u003cbr\u003edivided Europe. The ruined German capital lay 120 miles inside\u003cbr\u003eSoviet-controlled eastern Germany. Stalin wanted the Allies out; the Allies\u003cbr\u003ewere determined to stay, but had only three narrow air corridors linking the\u003cbr\u003ecity to the West. Stalin was confident he could crush Berlin's resolve by\u003cbr\u003ecutting off food and fuel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the USA, despite some voices still urging 'America\u003cbr\u003efirst', it was believed that a rebuilt Germany was the best insurance against\u003cbr\u003ethe spread of communism across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so over eleven months from June 1948 to May 1949,\u003cbr\u003eBritish and American aircraft carried out the most ambitious airborne relief\u003cbr\u003eoperation ever mounted, flying over 2 million tons of supplies on almost\u003cbr\u003e300,000 flights to save a beleaguered Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith new material from American, British and German archives\u003cbr\u003eand original interviews with veterans, Turner paints a fresh, vivid picture the\u003cbr\u003eairlift, whose repercussions - the role of the USA as global leader, German\u003cbr\u003eascendancy, Russian threat - we are still living with today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Outpost","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45955014557743,"sku":"9781785782404","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bcafitnessshop.com\/products\/the-berlin-airlift-the-relief-operation-that-defined-the-cold-war","provider":"BCA Fitness shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}