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.