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

Zusammenfassung: "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."--(Provided by publisher.)

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9780367194413 ; 0367194414
• Dimensions: 24 cm
• Extent: xiii, 263 Seiten
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Illustrationen ; Erscheinungsorte auf der Hauptitelseite: London and New York

Classification and Topics

• Keyword: Geschichte 1948-1961 ; Alltag ; Ost-West-Konflikt ; Ost-West-Konflikt ; Berlin ; Berlin

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
• (who): Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Fenemore, Mark

Further information

• Table of contents: https://d-nb.info/1202367119/04
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• Last update: 11.06.2025, 2:13 PM CEST