Daniel F. Harrington is deputy command historian at United States Strategic Command.
"Daniel F. Harrington has written a superb narrative of the
evolution of the Berlin crisis." -- American Historical Review
" Berlin on the Brink is scholarship of the highest order...The
analytical insight, intellectual rigor, and breadth and depth of
research that characterize this volume ensure that its arguments
will continue to set the tone of historical debates about the
Berlin airlift for a long time to come." -- Air Power History
""A scintillating book shedding new light on the history of the
Berlin Airlift and the early years of the Cold War." --Helmut
Trotnow, former director, Allied Museum, Berlin, Germany" --
""Harrington draws on previously untapped archival sources to
challenge standard accounts of the postwar division of Germany, the
origins of the blockade, the original purpose of the airlift, and
the leadership of President Harry S. Truman."-- McCormick
Messenger" --
""Harrington's highly readable account of the first major crisis of
the Cold War is distinguished by its ability to describe the high
politics of governmental decision-making and evoke the human
apsects of the crisis months." -- Victor Mauer, International
Affairs" --
""Harrington's history of these tense months is without equal in
the quality of its scholarship and interpretative framework and
will certainly become the standard historical work on this
well-known event." -- Library Journal" --
""One of the most thoughtful, carefully constructed, thoroughly
researched, and and well-argued analyses of a major international
crisis that I have ever read." --Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt
University" --
""This book surpasses the many surveys and monographs on the
subject that have been published over the past sixty years. It is a
comprehensive study, and Harrington's is a nuanced approach on more
than one level." --Lawrence S. Kaplan, author of NATO 1948: The
Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance" --
""Through meticulous research, Harrington has achieved a masterful
synthesis that brings together for the first time all the intricate
military, diplomatic, and political strands of the Berlin Crisis.
It truly ranks as the definitive account." --Steven L. Rearden,
Joint History Office, Washington, D.C." --
"Daniel F. Harrington does not seek to recapture a heroic version
of the airlift, but celebrates it more subtly. -- Journal of
American History" -- Paul Steege
"Harrington's research in U.S. depositories is espeically
outstanding, leaving no relevant government documents or personal
papers unexamined. -- H-Net Reviews" -- Fred M. McCormick
"Harrington's superb narrative of the evolution of the Berlin
crisis is right on many counts. -- American Historical Review" --
Sheldon Anderson
"One of the most thoughtful, carefully constructed, thoroughly
researched and well-argued analyses of a major international crisis
that I have ever read." -- Thomas A. Schwartz, Vanderbilt
University
"Successfully exploiting a rich variety of primary and secondary
sources, with excellent maps and photos, ...Cold War scholars,
graduate students, undergraduates, and those interested in the
crisis should take note of what Harrington believes we can learn
from it." -- Historian
"This book surpasses the many surveys and monographs on the subject
that have been published over the past sixty years. It is a
comprehensive study, and Harrington's is a nuanced approach on more
than one level." -- Lawrence S. Kaplan, author of NATO 1948: the
Birth of the Transatlantic Alliance
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