Frederick Kempe. Former longtime Wall Street Journal editor Kempe recounts a curious series of episodes in which the Russians appeared to be bearing olive branches, the Americans arrows. The climax of the difficult year 1961, as Kempe demonstrates, was the building of the Berlin Wall following one misreading of Soviet cues after another on the part of the Kennedy administration. In the end, Kennedy had to swallow his pride and accept the fact of the wall, which "had risen as he passively stood by."--Kirkus Reviews. (Check Catalog) Saturday, July 23, 2011
Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Frederick Kempe. Former longtime Wall Street Journal editor Kempe recounts a curious series of episodes in which the Russians appeared to be bearing olive branches, the Americans arrows. The climax of the difficult year 1961, as Kempe demonstrates, was the building of the Berlin Wall following one misreading of Soviet cues after another on the part of the Kennedy administration. In the end, Kennedy had to swallow his pride and accept the fact of the wall, which "had risen as he passively stood by."--Kirkus Reviews. (Check Catalog)
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