Question: This American author, known for historical fiction, wrote a novel that vividly depicts the Berlin Airlift near its end.  Who is he?
Related documents: [0]  [DOC] Armageddon, or Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin, is a novel by Leon Uris about post-World War II Berlin and Germany. The novel starts in London during World War II, and goes through to the Four Power occupation of Berlin and the Soviet blockade by land of the city's western boroughs. The description of the Berlin Airlift is quite vivid as is the inter-action between people of the five nations involved as the three major Western Allies rub along with the Soviet occupiers of East Berlin and East Germany. The book finishes with the end of the airlift but sets the scene for the following 40 years of Cold War. [END] 
[1]  [DOC] Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 – June 21, 2003) was an American author, known for his historical fiction. His two bestselling books were "Exodus" (published in 1958) and "Trinity" (published in 1976). [END] 
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Leon Uris
Leon Uris