The year that changed the world
Subtitle: the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall
By: Michael Meyer
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9781847374301
Subjects: Travel; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; History; Communism; Social movements; World politics
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Genesis; title: The Wall; title: Democracy on the Danube; title: A miraculous conversion; title: Parallel universes; title: The Hungarian connection; title: High noon; title: Déjeuner sur l'herbe, or Hieronymus Bosch's Hell; title: The great escape; title: Vortex of change; title: A kiss of death; title: The fall; title: Aftermath; title: Denouement.