berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

A collection of essays, mostly by U.S. foreign policy makers in the Reagan administration, examines the Reagan administration's contribution to the end of the Cold War, ten years after.

Provides an account of the Cold War, focusing on the construction and destruction of the Berlin Wall, which became a symbol of the conflict.

Presents a short study of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and discusses its history and why it was constructed, the Iron Curtain, and the collapse of the wall and Communism.

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.