I read this when I was reading Leon Uris non-stop. It is a good read about the Cold War and the Berlin airlift. ( )

I love this book for two reasons. The first is because of the historical content. Uris does a masterful job in a fiction setting, at recreating the environment and circumstances that became the first Cold War crisis culminating in the Berlin Airlift. Some of the supporting characters are a little larger than life and would be out of place if the story was poorly written, but Uris makes them real.

My second and better reason for recommending this book is because the storytelling is superb. Armageddon has all the components that make for enjoyable reading. The setting keeps you interested, the characters are sympathetic and believable; most of us will be able to identify with their all too apparent shortcomings, triumphs and disappointments. Like most of Uris's earlier works, the reader comes away thinking: "this could have been about me." ( )

A great story about the crisis in which the Soviet Union cut Berlin off from the West. ( )