{"product_id":"checkmate-in-berlin-the-cold-war-showdown-that-shaped-the-modern-world","title":"Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton Hardback","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.65; color: #1b1b1b;\"\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- TITLE + HOOK --\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.35;\"\u003eCheckmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 12px 0;\"\u003eA powerful account of post-war Berlin, where the Cold War began to harden into division, suspicion, and a new world order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- STORY \/ WHY IT MATTERS --\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\nSome items on \u003cstrong\u003eKate's Treasures15\u003c\/strong\u003e are chosen because they're beautiful or useful. Others are here because they meant something to my dad. He was an \u003cstrong\u003eactor\u003c\/strong\u003e, a \u003cstrong\u003escriptwriter\u003c\/strong\u003e, and a serious collector of films and books that had something to say. This is one of those books.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\nWritten by \u003cstrong\u003eGiles Milton\u003c\/strong\u003e, this fascinating history takes you into Berlin after the Second World War, when the city became the focal point of growing tensions between East and West. Through vivid storytelling and real-life accounts, Milton shows how ordinary people found themselves caught between competing ideologies, political manoeuvring, and the beginnings of a conflict that would shape the modern world.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 14px 0;\"\u003e\nEvery book in Dad's collection has been individually photographed and honestly described, so you know exactly what you're buying. 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