The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2004]
Format: Book
Description: xi, 212 pages ; 21 cm.
I wrote a novel about the construction of the Berlin Wall (The Story of Henri Tod) in my Blackford Oakes series. I traveled to inspect the wall, submitting to the indignities of Checkpoint Charlie. The near mystical idea of the wall, bisecting the capital of a modern, industrialized country, as if it were the fancy of a Genghis Khan, fascinated me beyond the stark ideological meaning of it. I returned to Berlin after the wall came down, and found that bits and pieces of it eerily remained, framed, here and there, like curios of a prehistoric age. I now tell the story of the wall's abandonment, and of the life that sprang from it not only for Berlin, but for the entire world, the symbol of the end of a seventy-year long menace. And undertaking this in the Wiley series, the length brief, but the story luxuriant, has had for me a special appeal. William F. Buckley Jr.
Series: Turning points (John Wiley & Sons)
Contents:
Ulbricht's Berlin problem -- The continuing crisis -- In the shadow of the Wall -- The Wall came tumbling down -- The end of the Cold War.
Subjects:
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Cold War.
Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990.
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
Cold War.
Berlin (Germany) -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990.
Germany -- History -- Unification, 1990.
ISBN:
0471267368
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Europe Germany Buc | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.