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The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall  Cover Image Book Book

The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall / Michael Meyer.

Summary:

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many still believe it was the words of President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! that brought the Cold War to an end. Meyer disagrees, and in this compelling account, explains why.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781416558453 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 1416558454 (alk. paper)
  • ISBN: 9781416558484 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 1416558489 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9781439100493 (ebk.)
  • ISBN: 1439100497 (ebk.)
  • Physical Description: xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Genesis -- The Wall -- Democracy on the Danube -- A miraculous conversion -- Parallel universes -- The Hungarian connection -- High noon -- Déjeuner sur l'herbe, or Hieronymus Bosch's Hell -- The great escape -- Vortex of change -- A kiss of death -- The fall -- Aftermath -- Denouement.
Subject: Europe, Eastern > History > 1945-1989.
Germany (East) > History.
Communism > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Communism > Germany (East) > History.
Social movements > Europe, Eastern > History > 20th century.
Social movements > Germany (East) > History.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
World politics > 1989-
Meyer, Michael, 1952- > Travel > Europe, Eastern.
Meyer, Michael, 1952- > Travel > Germany (East)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Kirtland Community College Library DJK 50 .M49 2009 30775305442189 General Collection Available -


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