{"product_id":"9781408715420-retail-checkpoint-charlie-the-cold-war-the-berlin-wall-and-the-most","title":"Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall and the Most","description":"With a foreword by William Boyd 'Gripping and revelatory' Tom Holland 'As convoluted and deadly as the plot of a novel by John le Carre, but all too real'  Daily Mail , Must Reads 'With a gripping narrative and vivid interviews with those on all sides whose lives were directly affected by that grim symbol of the East-West divide that poisoned Europe for almost half a century, [MacGregor] has made  an important contribution to the history of our times '  Jonathan Dimbleby 'Captures brilliantly and comprehensively both the danger and exhilaration that I and other reporters, soldiers, and people experienced intersecting with the wall -  a must-read  for anyone who wants to understand the Europe we have inherited'  Jon Snow A  powerful , fascinating, and  ground-breaking  history of Checkpoint Charlie, the legendary and most important military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States and her allies confronted the USSR during the Cold War. As the  sixtieth anniversary  of the construction of the  Berlin Wall  approaches in 2021, Iain MacGregor captures the mistrust, oppression, paranoia, and fear that gripped the city throughout this period.  Checkpoint Charlie  is about the nerve-wracking confrontation between the West and the Soviet Union that contains  never-before-heard interviews  with the men who built and dismantled the Wall; lovers who crossed it; relatives and friends who lost family trying to escape over it; German, British, French, and Russian soldiers who guarded its checkpoints; CIA, MI6 and Stasi operatives who oversaw secret operations across its borders; politicians whose ambitions shaped it; journalists who recorded its story; and many more whose living memories contributed to the full story of  Checkpoint Charlie. A brilliant work of   historical journalism ,  Checkpoint Charlie  is an invaluable record of this period.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48149231108315,"sku":"9781408715420-RETAIL","price":21.24,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/aca73103-749b-4065-8a26-92997b233c3c.jpg?v=1768460741","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781408715420-retail-checkpoint-charlie-the-cold-war-the-berlin-wall-and-the-most","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}