Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World Free Audiobook Download by Giles Milton

Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown that Shaped the Modern World, by Giles Milton is an impressive and highly detailed account of the epic, brutal war between the Soviet Union and West Germany during the Cold War.

Giles Milton's "Checkmate in Berlin" is a brilliant account of one of the most intriguing chess matches of all time. In 1947, a Soviet championship match with two of the world's best players was supposed to be held in Moscow. However, the Cold War had already heated up and the Americans refused to allow any competition to take place on Soviet soil. The Soviets refused to play unless they were allowed to hold the tournament in East Germany, so they studied the British and American players carefully and found their weaknesses. By playing a new strategy that used three pawns as decoys, they won an overwhelming victory over an exhausted American team.

The Cold War is one of the most divisive and intense periods in American history, but what few people know is that it also had a tremendous impact on the rest of the world. Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton is an excellent read to get a better understanding of this tumultuous period in modern history. The book provides a comprehensive look at the Cold War, from its underlying tensions to its global consequences. If you want to learn more about the Cold War, or just pick up a good book for your commute, Checkmate in Berlin is a must-read.

London, late 1946. Two men have just signed the treaty that will define the shape of the postwar world. The British prime minister, Clement Attlee, and US president Harry Truman shake hands with Soviet leader Joseph Stalin standing nearby in front of a map of Berlin divided by four zones, each controlled by a power. It is an agreement that will create a new order, yet one based on mistrust between the United States and Russia--a rivalry that would explode into nuclear warfare nearly half a century later...

Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World is a thrilling story of the standoff between American and Soviet forces at Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin on November 10, 1958. Giles Milton narrates this compelling account of the tense situation that began with a U-2 spy plane being shot down over the Soviet Union just before a United Nations summit meeting.

In this vivid audiobook, Giles Milton provides a dramatic and enlightening account of the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1946 and 1947. He offers an insightful look at how the battle for Berlin shaped US foreign policy for decades. The book also details how these events contributed to the Cold War that would nearly destroy both sides of the conflict, with an estimated cost of $33 trillion dollars.