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Black Market, Cold War: Everyday Life in Berlin, 1946-1949
Black Market Cold War Everyday Life in Berlin 19461949 Author:Paul Steege, Paul Steege This book explains how and why Berlin became the symbolic capital of the Cold War. Paul Steege anchors his account of this emerging global conflict in the terrain of a city literally shattered by World War II. By focusing on what happened 'on the ground' in Berlin, the book shows how ordinary people mattered for the development of a global Cold ... more »War that dominated world affairs for four decades and offers an interpretive framework with which to reevaluate international conflict in the present.« less