ON THE EDGE – PART ONE – TURNING POINT BERLIN – author Cees Steijger examines the circumstances under which some events during the Cold War brought the world to the brink of a third world war. The book is about the reactions of the U.S. Air Force and the growing tension between East and West. Part One is about 1945 – 1950, during which the foundation was laid for a massive U.S. aid program for friendly nations and an enormous nuclear build-up in Western Europe.