{"product_id":"9783830514848-secondhand-the-candy-bombers-the-berlin-airlift-1948-49-the-technical-conditions-and-their-successful-transformation","title":"The Candy Bombers: The Berlin Airlift 1948\/49 The Technical Conditions And Their Successful Transformation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadow of a divided world, The Candy Bombers chronicles one of the most audacious humanitarian and strategic operations of the twentieth century — the Berlin Airlift of 1948\/49 — a moment when the fate of an entire city hung in the balance of geopolitical will and engineering ingenuity. Wolfgang J. Huschke presents a meticulously researched account of the Soviet blockade of West Berlin and the extraordinary Allied response, detailing the unprecedented logistical, mechanical, and operational challenges that had to be overcome to sustain a population of two million people entirely by air.\n\nHuschke's work stands apart from conventional Cold War histories by anchoring its narrative firmly in the technical realities of the airlift — the aircraft, the airfields, the air traffic control systems, and the innovative solutions that turned near-impossible odds into triumphant success. Written with scholarly precision yet driven by a compelling human undercurrent, the book illustrates how technological adaptation and military coordination became weapons of peace in a conflict fought not with bullets, but with coal, flour, and the occasional bar of chocolate dropped from the sky. A landmark study of Cold War ingenuity, it leaves the reader asking: how close did the world truly come to a very different outcome?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269335752923,"sku":"9783830514848-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6088fce0-5529-47b9-b1b4-b880b4871d85.png?v=1788998330","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9783830514848-secondhand-the-candy-bombers-the-berlin-airlift-1948-49-the-technical-conditions-and-their-successful-transformation","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}