The Building of the Berlin Wall - The Cold War Escalates to New Heights
On August 13, 1961 the world awoke to the reality of the Berlin Wall and a shocking escalation of the Cold War initiated 
by the USSR's Nikita Krushchev. Frederick Kempe's "Berlin 1961: The Most Dangerous Place On Earth" provides a nail-biting, hour-by-hour narrative of the cold war chess game between Krushchev and a young, untested JFK that began with the Bay of Pigs and led to the Cuban Missile Crisis and one of the most perilous moments in world history.
Top Recommendations for August
Berlin 1961: The Most Dangerous Place On Earth, by Frederick Kempe (2102 - 640 pp)
A brilliant, fascinating look at the U.S. foreign policy moves that perpetuated the Cold War and led to the ill-fated building of the Berlin Wall. Frederick Kempe (2012, Jan - 608pp)