The Berlin Wall: 13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989 (Reissued)

The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.

The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.During the night of 12–13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Frederick Taylor tells the story of the post-war political conflict that led to a divided Berlin and unleashed an East–West crisis, which lasted until the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on 9 November 1989.Weaving together history, original archive research and personal stories, The Berlin Wall, now published in fifteen languages, is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when humanity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.

'A gripping, impassioned history of the Cold War’s most malevolent symbol' - New York Times

'Superb, fast-paced and readable history' - Evening Standard

'Masterful' - Guardian

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Frederick Taylor - Фредерик Тейлор

Publisher:Bloomsbury

Language:English

Publication Date:2019

Number of pages:576 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:129 mm / 5,1'

Height:198 mm / 7,8'

Weight:462 g

ISBN:9781526614278