Originally published in 1963. In 1958 Nikita Khrushchev demanded that the United States, Great Britain, and France withdraw from West Berlin. His demands eventually resulted in the division of Germany's capital city through the building of the Berlin Wall. In The Defense of Berlin, Jean Edward Smith discusses Berlin from the time of arrangements set during the war through 1962, with an emphasis on the effect that the crisis of division had on the city.
Jean Edward Smith is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. He specializes in political economy.
Chapter 1. The Defense of Berlin (Setting the Scene)
Chapter 2. Wartime Agreements Regarding the Occupation of Berlin
Chapter 3. The Military Decision to Halt at the Elbe
Chapter 4. An Iron Curtain ls Drawn Upon Their Front
Chapter 5. The Occupation Begins
Chapter 6. Blockade
Chapter 7. The City Is Split
Chapter 8. Recovery (1949-1958)
Chapter 9. The First Ultimatum
Chapter 10. Negotiations under Pressure
Chapter 11. The Tale of Three Summits (Camp David-Paris-Vienna)
Chapter 12. From Vienna to August 13
Chapter 13. The Wall
Chapter 14. No Concessions Without Counter-Concessions
Notes
Appendices:
I. Berlin's Early History
II. Chronology of Events 1941-1962
III. The Moscow Proposals, 1943
IV. The Iowa Conference
V. Proceedings at Tehran
Bibliography
Index
