Newton Reads (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
History told at it’s very best. Profiles a group of Americans and their efforts to support the people of Berlin who were threatened with brutal Soviet Occupation during post World War Two years. The story of post war nation building and America’s best efforts along with the importance of how one [...]
NDN (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A couple months ago, I wrote about the new book from NDN's good friend, Andrei Cherny , titled The Candy Bombers:The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America's Finest Hour . Since that time, the book has been garnering a great deal of acclaim. Praise for Andrei's work is coming fast and furious right now, and it is especially timely as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama prepares to...
The Conservative Voice Columns (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
... wiped out the Allied garrison, but they dared not do so. For the full story of the airlift, read Andrei Cherny's riveting "The Candy Bombers." John McCain has taken a strong stand from the start. His statement, "We are all Georgians," echoes John F. Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner." Barack Obama, after a weak opening statement, has also condemned the Russian actions. But his own speech...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
The following guest post is from Andrei Cherny, a former speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John Kerry, and the author of The Candy Bombers . One of the great misconceptions of political junkies and historians alike is that Harry Truman won reelection in 1948 with a "Give 'Em Hell" campaign of populist economics and paeans to the New Deal. Or that he won because of the...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
When I posted this brief account of the Berlin airlift highlighting the role of Harry Truman and the left-liberal opposition to it by Henry Wallace and his ilk, I had no idea that a new history of the airlift had just been published. Andrei Cherny is an attorney, a former Gore speechwriter, a Navy Reserve officer, and editor of the journal Democracy . As of this spring, he is also now...
Dinocrat (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
... that retreat in the face of such aggression by the USSR would be a calamity for much of Europe. Andrei Cherny, the author of “ The Candy Bombers: The Untold Story of the Berlin Airlift and America’s Finest Hour ” put matters this way in an interview in the NYT : Avoiding a World War III that would result in the Soviets quickly overrunning American forces and holding most of Europe...
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Reader/historian Andrei Cherny., a veteran platform committee drafter for the Democrats, writes: I disagree with your assessment of platforms. Political scientists who've looked at it say that platforms are still a lot better of an indication of what a president will do than the campaign policies are. It is the place where a political party and coalition has to hash things out and the compromises...
US News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... at Tempelhof Airport.This tale of American expertise, ingenuity, and generosity is told vividly by Andrei Cherny in his wonderfully readable book . Today, we know how it ended: how the airlift supplied West Berlin all winter until the Soviets opened up land access in May, how Truman was re-elected to almost everyone's surprise in November. But Truman couldn't know those things in...
Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... cadre of experts. “What Obama is talking about is a bottom-up view of how the world works,” said Andrei Cherny, editor of the journal Democracy. “When he talks about American politics and how to reform it, how America can reach out to people around the world, he is not talking in the same way Democrats talked about it 30 years ago from the top down.” “His tone is very much post-partisan...
National Review Online (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
... at Tempelhof Airport. This tale of American expertise, ingenuity and generosity is told vividly by Andrei Cherny in his wonderfully readable book "The Candy Bombers." Today, we know how it ended: how the airlift supplied West Berlin all winter until the Soviets opened up land access in May and how Truman was re-elected to almost everyone's surprise in November. But Truman couldn't...
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Airport.Related News This tale of American expertise, ingenuity, and generosity is told vividly by Andrei Cherny in his wonderfully readable book . Today, we know how it ended: how the airlift supplied West Berlin all winter until the Soviets opened up land access in May, how Truman was re-elected to almost everyone's surprise in November. But Truman couldn't know those things in...
Barone Blog (U.S. News & World Repo (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... at Tempelhof Airport.This tale of American expertise, ingenuity, and generosity is told vividly by Andrei Cherny in his wonderfully readable book . Today, we know how it ended: how the airlift supplied West Berlin all winter until the Soviets opened up land access in May, how Truman was re-elected to almost everyone's surprise in November. But Truman couldn't know those things in...
