Giles Milton Checkmate in Berlin : The First Battle of the Cold War Paperback Book

Brilliantly written and completely absorbing, this is Miltons masterpiece ANTHONY HOROWITZBERLINS FATE WAS SEALED AT THE 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE. The city was to be carved up between the victorious powers British, American, French and Soviet with four allpowerful commandants ruling over their sectors. On paper, it seemed a pragmatic solution in reality, it marked the start of a ferocious battle of wits. As relations between east and west broke down, these rival commandants fought a desperate battle for control. In doing so, they fired the starting gun for the Cold War. From Americas explosive Frank Howlin Mad Howley, a sharptongued colonel with a loathing for Russians, to his nemesis, Russias charmingly deceptive General Alexander Kotikov, CHECKMATE IN BERLIN tells the exhilarating, highstakes story of kidnap, skullduggery, sabotage, murder and the greatest aerial operation in history. This is the epic story of the first battle of the Cold War and how it shaped the modern world. An excellent storyteller ANDREW ROBERTS A book full of heroes THE TIMES | Giles Milton Checkmate in Berlin : The First Battle of the Cold War Paperback Book