Veteran spy Alec Leamas, hoping to "come in from the cold" to retirement, is given one last bone-chilling assignment in which he is required to pretend defection and provide the enemy with sufficient evidence to label their leader a double agent.
The author, who was a chief correspondent for the New York Times in Germany, recalls the events associated with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe.
Discusses the rebuilding of East and West Germany after World War II, West Germany's partnership with the United States, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and prospects for reunification.
Presents opposing arguments about the Berlin crisis, the Berlin Wall's construction, and its fall, and includes an introduction, a chronology, and a further reading list.
An account of the reunification of Germany, providing an overview of modern German history and highlighting both the events that culminated in the unification of the divided nation and the challenges faced by the German people today.
