This analysis was written by U.S. News and World Report columnist Michael Barone. Sixty years ago this month, the top story in campaign year 1948 was not the big poll lead of Republican nominee Thomas ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article focuses on the joint campaign of "remigrés" and American authorities to "westernize" the local Social Democratic Party (SPD) in ...

Seventy years ago, in May, 1949, much to the relief of many in the world, the Soviets ended their 327-day blockade of West Berlin, located about 110 miles into Soviet-controlled East Germany. Ending ...

Berlin, Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: An American gets his monthly ration of five gallons at the one service station in Berlin still serving privately owned vehicles. The image is one of a series of 9 shot ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Europe edition, Sep. 25, 1948. It is republished unedited in its original form. Life in Berlin for Americans these days is still fairly normal ...

The blockade of Berlin was the first serious crisis of the Cold War. By 1948, the Western allies began moving towards consolidating their occupation zones in Western Germany into a single independent ...