Summary Of Campbell Craig's View Of The Berlin Crises '

The author Campbell Craig’s viewpoint of the Berlin Crises was that they had occurred to symbolize the conflict between communism and capitalism of the Cold War. The crises were significant because Berlin was the only place where the US and the USSR troops were face to face at the Checkpoint Charlie and Friedrichstrasse border crossings. Notably, Berlin was originally divided into four sections between Britain, France, the US and the USSR, as the Cold War escalated, the three allies distanced from the USSR and saw it as an enemy. The author explains that the growth of Berlin from 1948 to 1961 represents the Soviet Union's growth in military power to the point of nuclear war with the US. It can be seen that as tensions within the Cold War arose