The Berlin Wall: August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989 by Frederick Taylor

The Berlin Wall: August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989

Frederick Taylor

544 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative slow-paced

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"This vivid account of the Wall and all that it meant reminds us that symbolism can be double-edged, as a potent emblem of isolation and repression became, in its destruction, an even more powerful totem of freedom." -- The Atlantic MonthlyNOW WIT...

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