The Candy Bombers

The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and Americas Finest Hour by Andrei Cherny. Published by G P Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 2008. 1st Edition1st Printing. Hardbound, Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 624 Pgs. ISBN 9780399154966. LCCN 2008000856. On the sixtieth anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, the author tells a remarkable story with profound implications for the world today. In the tradition of the best narrative storytellers, he brings together newly unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and fresh primary interviews to tell the story of the ill-assorted group of castoffs and second-stringers who not only saved millions of desperate people from a dire threat but changed how the world viewed the United States, and set in motion the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and to America's victory in the Cold War. Description text copyright 2015 BooksForComfort. Item ID 30084.