The Air Bridge Between Berlin and Me

“Lance Carden has written a thoughtful, reflective book to share with the world. It captures an historic and troubled era of Germany, written at a troubled time here at home. In Germany he invites the reader to accompany him down memory lane with his wife, Charlene. Along the way we are reminded of Germany’s horrible past, now memorialized in many ways of contrition (some say too much contrition). There are disturbing comparisons with our current political dilemma, though mostly this is a story and poems about Germany at a time when the lessons of violence are all too present globally. Carden is also a poet, and his creative poems in this readable book invite the reader to pause and reflect, not just about Germany’s past and present, but about our place in a troubled world.”


—Robert Press, professor of political science, University of Southern Mississippi