Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fighting the Cold War in post-blockade, pre-wall Berlin

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1107843960

Responsibility statement

Mark Fenemore

Series statement

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Sub title

behind enemy lines

Summary

"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

Table Of Contents

Brinkmanship and intransigence at the frontier -- Enclaves and exclaves -- S-Bahn incidents -- The paramilitary response to threatened invasions -- Policing demonstrations and protests near the border -- Illicit smuggling -- Wanderers between two worlds -- The murky world of espionage -- The art of kidnapping -- Impact of the Berlin Wall

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Creator