Berlin in the Balance, 1945-1949: The Blockade, the Airlift, the First Major Battle of the Cold War

Berlin in the Balance tells the full, gripping story of this critical conflict—how it developed and how it played out.

Noted historian Thomas Parrish shows us the crisis through the eyes of Truman, Stalin, and other leaders.

We hear Berliners cheer the arrival of each “raisin bomber”; the planes' roar was assurance that the democratic powers had not abandoned them.