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Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: Armchair specialists, in their ivory towers, may believe that the rolling Berlin crisis of the period 1958-1961 severely stretched the normal usage of the term. This paper argues on the contrary that Berlin was far more than a constant irritation for Moscow. A ... read morepawn in the Cold War balance of powers, it caused nightmares for several decade in the major Western capitals, but also guaranteed the post WWII status quo. Berlin holds a valid claim to be regarded as the seat of the longest crisis of the Cold War. The Berlin crisis was only really over once the wall fell down.read less
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