Andrei Chernyis best known as a coeditor of Democracy. Cherny spent many years as a White House speech writer before holding his post at Democracy. A fellow at Harvard's Kenny School, Cherny has had a long career writing about global history, politics, and culture for theNew York Times, the Washington Post,andthe Los Angeles Times.Cherny is the author of The Next Deal.
“What an exciting, inspiring, and wonderfully-written book this is!
The dramatic tale of America’s response to the Berlin blockade
involves a colorful cast of characters, great and flawed, who
defined the way a great nation could act as a benevolent world
power. Each page has lessons for today, and it is also a thrilling
narrative to read. Cherny has produced a book that lives up to this
glorious American moment in history.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York
Times Bestselling Author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci
“Andrei Cherny’s The Candy Bombers is a gripping, suspenseful
narrative history about the U.S. Cold War era pilots determined to
help the freedom-strangled citizens of West Berlin survive Soviet
tyranny. Written with incredible verve and vivid detail, Cherny
succeeds in making those harrowing days of Berlin circa 1948-49
come alive. As a historian, he reminds me of Stephen Ambrose at his
best.”—Douglas Brinkley, New York Times Bestselling Author of The
Wilderness Warrior
“The early Cold War era was as tense as the days after 9/11. Andrei
Cherny captures, in vivid detail, the excitement and drama of the
U.S. response to the Soviet blockade of Berlin. You will have a
hard time not cheering—or feeling moved—when America rescues its
former enemy in the name of freedom.”—Evan Thomas, New York Times
Bestselling Author of Being Nixon
“Absorbing and lucid.”—Publishers Weekly
“One of the finest narrative histories that I have read in
years.”—Lawrence Kaplan, World Affairs
“The definitive telling of the amazing story of the airlift… Andrei
Charny tells this story vividly, placing it on the border canvas of
the incipient Cold War.”—Michael Barone, U.S. News & World
Reports
“A fine eye for character and detail.”—Bloomberg News
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