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Author Taylor, Fred, 1947-

Title The Berlin Wall : a world divided, 1961-1989 / Frederick Taylor.

Imprint New York : HarperCollins, c2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Eureka Non-Fiction  943.155 Tay    ---  Available
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description xxi, 486 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-472) and index.
Summary One morning in 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 became a 103-mile-long wall guarded by three hundred watchtowers. A physical manifestation of the Cold War that would stand for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity. Historian 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. He also explores the geopolitical ramifications, as well as the impact the Wall had on ordinary lives, still felt today.--From publisher description.
Subject Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Cold War.
Opposition (Political science) -- Germany (East) -- History.
Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990.
Germany (East) -- Politics and government -- 1989-1990.
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
ISBN 9780060786137
0060786132
Standard No. YDXCP 2501346
AU@ 000041076812
NZ1 11122696

 
    
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