The Last Division: A History of Berlin, 1945–1989

Tusa, a historian and journalist, utilizes newly available documents and eye-witness interviews in her description of the great events, dramas, and problems which still shape Berlin's new status as the booming capital-to-be of a nervously unified Germany. In exploring how the Allies handled the Berlin situation, Tusa offers fascinating portraits of such prominent world leaders as Eisenhower, Adenauer, Macmillan, and De Gaulle. Readers glimpse John F. Kennedy's youth and restlessness in dealing with Germany, as well as Nikita Krushchev's cunning and erratic mood swings in confronting his enemies. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.