A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skil...(展开全部)

A fresh, controversial, brilliantly written account of one of the epic dramas of the Cold War-and its lessons for today. "History at its best." -Zbigniew Brzezinski "Gripping, well researched, and thought-provoking, with many lessons for today." -Henry Kissinger "Captures the drama [with] the 'You are there' storytelling skills of a journalist and the analytical skil...(展开全部)

20世纪60年代初，东德投入10亿美元建造了柏林墙，这是一座11英尺高的屏障，由79英里长的栅栏、300座瞭望塔、250条警犬、20个掩体组成，由随时开枪的警卫全天候运作。在接下来的二十八年里，至少有五千人试图冲破它，游过它，穿过它下面的隧道，或者从空中飞越它。 1989年，东德领导层在国民反叛面前屈服了，这场起义最终导致50万东柏林人要求结束对自由流动的禁令。全世界的媒体蜂拥而至，捕捉这一时刻。这一时刻或许比任何其他时刻都更能预示冷战的结束。查理检查站是近三十年的全球冲突的地震震中。不信任，压迫，偏执和恐惧，在这一时期笼罩着整个世界。 《查理检查站》讲述的是西方和苏联之间令人紧张的对抗，突出了艾森豪威尔、斯大林、肯尼迪、赫鲁晓夫、毛泽东、尼克松、里根等重要的全球性人物。他还采访了建造和拆除隔离墙的人、穿越隔离墙的儿童、试图翻越隔离墙而失去性命的人的...(展开全部)

As an editor and publisher of nonfiction, Iain MacGregor has over twenty-five years’ experience of working with authors such as Jonathan Fenby, Simon Schama, and Max Hastings, to name but a very few. He is the author of To Hell on a Bike—Riding Paris–Roubaix, The Toughest Race in Cycling and Checkpoint Charlie.

As an editor and publisher of nonfiction, Iain MacGregor has over twenty-five years’ experience of working with authors such as Jonathan Fenby, Simon Schama, and Max Hastings, to name but a very few. He is the author of To Hell on a Bike—Riding Paris–Roubaix, The Toughest Race in Cycling and Checkpoint Charlie.

A comprehensive look at natural treatments and healing methods that work.Jonny Bowden takes his practical, knowledgeable, and open-minded approach -- the same approach that made his previous book, "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," so successful -- and focuses it on natural cures, revealing the best of alternative medicine for a mainstream audience. Through his personal use, ...(展开全部)

Starred Review. Washington Post reporter Dobbs (Saboteurs) is a master at telling stories as they unfold and from a variety of perspectives. In this re-examination of the 1963 Bay of Pigs face-off between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., Dobbs combines visits to Cuba, discussions with Russian participants and fingertip command of archival and printed U.S. sources to describe a wild r...(展开全部)

October 27, 1962, a day dubbed Black Saturday in the Kennedy White House. The Cuban missile crisis is at its height, and the world is drawing ever closer to nuclear apocalypse. As the opposing Cold War leaders, John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, mobilize their forces to fight a nuclear war on land, sea and air, the world watches in terror. In Bobby Kennedy's words, 'There w...(展开全部)

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In this hour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon. Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's...(展开全部)

In October 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear conflict over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba. In this hour-by-hour chronicle of those tense days, veteran Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs reveals just how close we came to Armageddon. Here, for the first time, are gripping accounts of Khrushchev's...(展开全部)