berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

A photo-illustrated chronicle of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which covers the events and ideologies that led to its construction; the factors that brought change in the 1980s; the time line of the night it was torn down, November 9, 1989; and the impact of the city's opening on eastern and western Berliners and world politics.

Discusses the whole story of the Berlin Wall--the airlift, Khrushchev and Kennedy, blockade runners, etc.

Examines the history of the Berlin Wall and how it reflected the realities of life in a politically divided city.

Presents a comprehensive account of the Berlin Wall and the divided city from its construction in 1961 to its demise in 1989; and examines the post-war political tensions that created it.

Examines the history of the Iron Curtain, the symbolic boundary between democracy and totalitarianism in Europe as a result of the Cold War that existed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union from the end of World War II until 1989, providing both American and Soviet perspectives.

Chronicles the separation of East and West Berlin in the post-World War II years and the closing of the borders on August 13, 1961 when East Germany's Communist government stopped its citizens from fleeing to the West.

Chronicles the history of the Berlin Wall.