berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989

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 history of the Berlin Wall.

Describes, in graphic form, the building and fall of the Berlin Wall; and includes a time line and a glossary.

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.

Drawing on interviews with Reagan administration officials, journalists, historians, and eyewitnesses, the author focuses on Ronald Reagan's June 1987 speech at the Brandenburg Gate and his historic challenge to Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

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.

Discusses the building of the wall between East and West Berlin in 1961, examines the reasons the wall was built and the consequences of that action.

Using the Berlin Wall as the focus, traces the history of the Cold War, from the Russian Revolution in 1917 through World War II, and finally to the destruction of the Wall.

Examines the events leading up to the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, the day itself, and the ways in which life has changed since then.