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The Berlin Crisis Advisory and Editorial Board ... The Berlin crisis involved a controversy so bitter and so sustained that at its height world leaders feared that a misstep could trigger a nuclear war. ... The Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962 provides a comprehensive record of the making of U.S. policy toward Berlin and West Germany.
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www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/berlin_crisis/be...
www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/berlin_crisis/berlin.html
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Fred Kaplan's article in the October 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly, "JFK's First Strike Plan," shows that key White House officials and the President himself briefly considered proposals for a limited nuclear first strike against Soviet military targets in the event that the Berlin crisis turned violent.
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www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB56/
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The Soviets suffered a major defeat in the first Berlin crisis (1948-1949), and the division of Berlin became a permanent picture of cold war geography. ... The next crisis in Berlin (1958-1962) demonstrated that neither the Western or Eastern blocs could unilaterally change the city?s status without the risk of...
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www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/cwr/17378.htm
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This outline of events is correlated with sections of "The Berlin Crisis" - Parts 1 and 2. Teachers may choose to use this outline for a lecture to prepare students in advance of viewing the video program, or use while showing the video, allowing opportunities to pause the video for discussion and clarification.
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www.opb.org/education/coldwar/berlincrisis/events/index...
www.opb.org/education/coldwar/berlincrisis/events/index.html
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Pom - nickname for the British dried potato product airlifted to Berlin during the Berlin Crisis in order to reduce the weight of providing potatoes...
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www.opb.org/education/coldwar/berlincrisis/glossary/
www.opb.org/education/coldwar/berlincrisis/glossary/
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Berlin Blockade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 11 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War and the first such crisis that resulted in casualties. During the multinational occup...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Blockade
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The city of Berlin, although located in the eastern Soviet half, was also divided into four sectors --West Berlin occupied by Allied interests and East Berlin occupied by Soviets. In June 1948, the Soviet Union attempted to control all of Berlin by cutting surface traffic to and from the city of West Berlin.
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www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/INDEX.HTM
www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/INDEX.HTM
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Charles F. Pennacchio, "The East German Communists and the Origins of the Berlin Blockade Crisis," East European Quarterly, Vol. 29, no. 3 (Fall 1995)
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www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/penna.htm
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