West Berlin's zoo and East Berlin's animal park were more than just their countries' most popular destinations--they were symbols of their respective systems of government. Living in West Berlin often felt like living in a zoo: everyone packed together and hemmed in by the Berli…
The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mohnhaupt's storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this book well worth a read." -Star Tribune (Minnea…
An international bestseller, the unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war-fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. In the second half of the twentieth century, while America and the Soviet Union battled for global supremacy, East and West B…
"The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall and unlike anything readers have heard before. This historical piece is an epic tale of desperate rivalries, human follies, and an animal-mad city."-- I…