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The Berlin Wall: 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989
de Taylor, Frederick
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- ISBN 10
- 0747585547
- ISBN 13
- 9780747585541
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London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007. New book, 716 pages. During the night of 12-13 August 1961, a barbed wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Frederick Taylor tells the story of the post-war political conflict that led to a divided Berlin and unleashed an East-West crisis, which lasted until the very people the wall had been built to imprison breached it on 9 November 1989. Weaving together history, original archive research and personal stories, the Berlin Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when humanity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction. . Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
On the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly cut a city of four million in two. Within days the barbed-wire entanglement would undergo an extraordinary metamorphosis: it became an imposing 103-mile-long wall guarded by three hundred watchtowers. A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism—totalitarianism and freedom—that would stand for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity. Many brave people risked their lives to overcome this lethal barrier, and some paid the ultimate price.In this captivating work, sure to be the definitive history on the subject, Frederick Taylor weaves together official history, archival materials and personal accounts to tell the complete story of the Wall's rise and fall, from the postwar political tensions that created a divided Berlin to the internal and external pressures that led to the Wall's demise. In addition, he explores the geopolitical ramifications as well as the impact the wall had on ordinary lives that is still felt today. For the first time the entire world faced the threat of imminent nuclear apocalypse, a fear that would be eased only when the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on the historic night of November 9, 1989.Gripping and authoritative, The Berlin Wall is the first comprehensive account of a divided city and its people in a time when the world seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.
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- Librería
- Viceroy Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 002181
- Título
- The Berlin Wall: 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989
- Autor
- Taylor, Frederick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- ISBN 10
- 0747585547
- ISBN 13
- 9780747585541
- Editorial
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 2007
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- BERLIN WAR HISTORY COLD WAR
- Catálogos del vendedor
- History - 20th to 21st Century;
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