The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Aircraft and America's Finest Hour

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Andrei Cherny

The Candy Bombers

The Untold Story of the Berlin Aircraft and America's Finest Hour

Andrei Cherny

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English

Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
02 June 2009

European history; History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Air forces & warfare

In the tradition of the great narrative storytellers, Andrei Cherny recounts the exhilarating saga of the unlikely men who made the Berlin Airlift one of the great military and humanitarian successes of American history.

""What an exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully-written book this is....

Each page has lessons for today, and it is also a thrilling narrative to read.""-Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs

The Candy Bombers is a remarkable story with profound implications for our own time. Cherny tells the tale of the ill-assorted group of castoffs and secondstringers who not only saved millions of desperate people from a dire threat, but also won the hearts of America's defeated enemies, inspired people around the world to believe in America's fundamental goodness, avoided World War III, and won the greatest battle of the Cold War without firing a shot.

With newly unclassified documents, unpublished letters and diaries, and fresh primary interviews, The Candy Bombers takes readers along as American pilots, with only a few small rickety planes, manage to feed and supply West Berlin completely by air for nearly a year; as Harry Truman exploits the very real threat of war to win an upset reelection campaign; as America's first secretary of defense descends into madness in the midst of a dangerous military crisis; and as a lovesick American pilot shows that acts of basic human kindness can send powerful ripples through the course of history.

By: Andrei Cherny
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 37mm
Weight: 675g
ISBN: 9780425227718
ISBN 10: 0425227715
Pages: 656
Publication Date: 02 June 2009
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrei Chernyis best known as a coeditor of Democracy. Cherny spent many years as a White House speech writer before holding his post at Democracy. A fellow at Harvard's Kenny School, Cherny has had a long career writing about global history, politics, and culture for theNew York Times, the Washington Post,andthe Los Angeles Times.Cherny is the author of The Next Deal.

Reviews for The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Aircraft and America's Finest Hour

A successful work of popular history...an enjoyable, timely narrative. - Dallas Morning News Andrei Cherny tells this story vividly, placing it on the broader canvas of the incipient Cold War. -Michael Barone, U.S. News and World Report A gripping, suspenseful narrative history... Reminds me of Stephen Ambrose at his best. -Douglas Brinkley A fine eye for character and detail. - Bloomberg News An exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully written book. -Walter Isaacson, author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life