The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
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Author | : Mary Sarotte |
Publisher | : Basic Books (AZ) |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 2014-10-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0465064949 |
On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall—infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe—seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates that night was not planned by the East German ruling regime—nor was it the result of a bargain between either Ronald Reagan or George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. It was an accident. In The Collapse, prize-winning historian Mary Elise Sarotte reveals how a perfect storm of decisions made by daring underground revolutionaries, disgruntled Stasi officers, and dictatorial party bosses sparked an unexpected series of events culminating in the chaotic fall of the Wall. With a novelist’s eye for character and detail, she brings to vivid life a story that sweeps across Budapest, Prague, Dresden, and Leipzig and up to the armed checkpoints in Berlin. We meet the revolutionaries Roland Jahn, Aram Radomski, and Siggi Schefke, risking it all to smuggle the truth across the Iron Curtain; the hapless Politburo member Günter Schabowski, mistakenly suggesting that the Wall is open to a press conference full of foreign journalists, including NBC’s Tom Brokaw; and Stasi officer Harald Jäger, holding the fort at the crucial border crossing that night. Soon, Brokaw starts broadcasting live from Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate, where the crowds are exulting in the euphoria of newfound freedom—and the dictators are plotting to restore control. Drawing on new archival sources and dozens of interviews, The Collapse offers the definitive account of the night that brought down the Berlin Wall.
Author | : Jeffrey A. Engel |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2011-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199832447 |
More than two decades after the Wall's collapse, this book brings together leading authorities who offer a fresh look at how leaders in four vital centers of world politics--the United States, the Soviet Union, Europe, and China--viewed the world in the aftermath of this momentous event. Jeffrey Engel contributes a chronological narrative of this tumultuous period, followed by substantive essays by Melvyn Leffler on the United States, Chen Jian on China, James Sheehan on Germany and Europe, and William Taubman and Svetlana Savranskaya on the Soviet Union.
Author | : Helena Merriman |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2021-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1541788826 |
He escaped from one of the world’s most brutal regimes.Then, he decided to tunnel back in. In the summer of 1962, a young student named Joachim Rudolph dug a tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Waiting on the other side in East Berlin were dozens of men, women, and children—all willing to risk everything to escape. From the award-winning creator of the acclaimed BBC Radio 4 podcast, Tunnel 29 is the true story of this most remarkable Cold War rescue mission. Drawing on interviews with the survivors and Stasi files, Helena Merriman brilliantly reveals the stranger-than-fiction story of the ingenious group of student-diggers, the glamorous red-haired messenger, the Stasi spy who threatened the whole enterprise, and the love story that became its surprising epilogue. Tunnel 29 was also the first made-for-TV event of its kind; it was funded by NBC, who wanted to film an escape in real time. Their documentary—which was nearly blocked from airing by the Kennedy administration, which wanted to control the media during the Cold War—revolutionized TV journalism. Ultimately, Tunnel 29 is a success story about freedom: the valiant citizens risking everything to win it back, and the larger world rooting for them to triumph.
Author | : Hope M. Harrison |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 483 |
Release | : 2019-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107049318 |
A revelatory history of the commemoration of the Berlin Wall and its significance in defining contemporary German national identity.
Author | : William F. Buckley (Jr.) |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2004-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
William F. Buckley Jr. reflects on the event that marked the fall of Communism in Europe The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. The culmination of popular uprisings in Hungary, Poland, and East Germany, the Wall's fall led inexorably to revolutions in Czechoslovakia and Romania, the reunification of Germany, and, ultimately, the disintegration of the Soviet Union itself. In this book, American conservative pioneer and National Review founder William F. Buckley Jr. explains how and why the Cold War ended as it did-and what lessons we can draw from the experience. Writing with his legendary wit and insight, he brings to life Communism's last gasp, showing how Reagan's hard-nosed foreign policy and Gorbachev's reforms undermined Warsaw Pact dictators, emboldened dissidents, and finally made the dream of freedom a reality in Eastern Europe. Written by one of America's most erudite and influential political thinkers and writer. Includes a new foreword by Henry Kissinger marking the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall Hailed as "eloquent [and] immensely readable" (Baltimore Sun), this account "celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom" (Publishers Weekly). Sure to delight conservatives, annoy liberals, and enlighten everyone who reads it, The Fall of the Berlin Wall is William F. Buckley Jr. at his inimitable best.
Author | : Gerd Horten |
Publisher | : Berghahn Books |
Total Pages | : 415 |
Release | : 2020-06-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1805395572 |
The fall of the Berlin Wall is typically understood as the culmination of political-economic trends that fatally weakened the East German state. Meanwhile, comparatively little attention has been paid to the cultural dimension of these dramatic events, particularly the role played by Western mass media and consumer culture. With a focus on the 1970s and 1980s, Don’t Need No Thought Control explores the dynamic interplay of popular unrest, intensifying economic crises, and cultural policies under Erich Honecker. It shows how the widespread influence of (and public demands for) Western cultural products forced GDR leaders into a series of grudging accommodations that undermined state power to a hitherto underappreciated extent.
Author | : Serge Schmemann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2006-05-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0753459949 |
Recounts the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Author | : Joe Dunn |
Publisher | : Graphic Planet - Fiction |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781602700727 |
Young readers will travel back in time and be there for famous world events! History comes alive with these nonfiction graphic novels and will help readers imagine what it was like when these world-changing events took place. Perfect for reluctant readers
Author | : Jeff Hay |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Publishing |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : |
Collects nineteen essays that offer varying perspectives on the destruction of the Berlin Wall, discussing the history of the wall, controversies, and the political and personal significance of the wall's destruction.
Author | : Brian Williams |
Publisher | : Cherrytree Books |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2007-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781842344071 |
This series provides a quick-read introduction to key events in history. This volume looks at the removal of the Berlin Wall.