Cold War Berlin: An Island City: Volume 3: US Forces in Berlin - Keeping the Peace, 1945-1994

At the end of the Second World War, the victorious Allies split Germany into three zones of occupation, and Berlin into four sectors, one each for the British, Americans, French and Soviets. It did not take long for the wartime alliances to crumble into distrust, obstruction, acrimony, and the first skirmishes of a new Cold War followed soon after, with the city of Berlin becoming the frontline in this new struggle.

Although Stalin hoped to have Berlin all to himself (it was, after all, well...