In a Cold Crater: Cultural and Intellectual Life in Berlin, 1945-1948 Volume 18

by Wolfgang Schivelbusch

Book Overview

Although the three conspicuous cultures of Berlin in the twentieth century--Weimar, Nazi, and Cold War--are well documented, little is known about the years between the fall of the Third Reich and the beginning of the Cold War. In a Cold Crater is the history of this volatile postwar moment, when the capital of the world's recently defeated public enemy assumed great emotional and symbolic meaning.

This is a story not of major intellectual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520301218
• ISBN13: 9780520301214
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"