Title: The Berlin Wall : August 1961-9 November 1989 /
Authors: Taylor, Fred, 1947-
Publisher: Bloomsbury,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.; Cold War.; Opposition (Political science) Germany (East) History.; Berlin (Germany) Politics and government; Germany (East) Politics and government; Germany History
Abstract: Weaving together the official history, original archive research and personal stories, the Wall is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when hunamity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.
Contents: SAND: 1. Marsh Town -- 2. Reds -- 3. 'It must look Democratic, but we must have everything in our hands' -- 4. Blockade -- BLOOD: 5. 'Dissolve the People and Elect Another' -- 6. The Crown Princes -- 7. Wag the Dog -- 8. Operation 'Rose' -- WIRE: 9. Barbed-Wire Sunday -- 10. Prisoners -- 11. 'That bastard from Berlin' -- CEMENT: -12. Wall Games -- 13. High Noon in the Friedrichstrasse -- 14. Break-outs -- 15: 'Ich Bin ein Berliner' -- MONEY: 16. The Surreal Cage -- 17. Endgame -- 18. The Wall Came Tumbling Down.