'Brilliantly written and completely absorbing this is Milton's masterpiece' ANTHONY HOROWITZ
BERLIN'S FATE WAS SEALED AT THE 1945 YALTA CONFERENCE. The city was to be carved up between the
victorious powers - British American French and Soviet - with four all-powerful commandants
ruling over their sectors. On paper it seemed a pragmatic solution in reality it marked the
start of a ferocious battle of wits. As relations between east and west broke down these rival
commandants fought a desperate battle for control. In doing so they fired the starting gun for
the Cold War. From America's explosive Frank 'Howlin' Mad' Howley a sharp-tongued colonel with
a loathing for Russians to his nemesis Russia's charmingly deceptive General Alexander
Kotikov CHECKMATE IN BERLIN tells the exhilarating high-stakes story of kidnap skullduggery
sabotage murder and the greatest aerial operation in history. This is the epic story of the
first battle of the Cold War and how it shaped the modern world. 'An excellent storyteller'
ANDREW ROBERTS 'A book full of heroes' THE TIMES
