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Author : David Childs
Genre : History

Summary : The book charts the dramatic months leading to one of the most profound changes of the 20th century, the opening of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the restoration of German unity in 1990. The author analyses the nature of Communist rule in the GDR over 40 years, its few strengths and its many weaknesse

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Author : Mike Dennis
Genre : Germany

Summary : This new book investigates communist rule in East Germany from the end of World War II to its rapid collapse after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Using newly available archival material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the GDR in 1949 from out of chrysalis of the Soviet zone of occupation. L

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Author : Ernest D. Plock
Genre : Political Science

Summary : This book investigates inner-German economic ties, travel contacts, and national consciousness that proved to be of greater consequence after Gorbachev's accession to power. It addresses the inevitability of the German Democratic Republic revolution and unification with the Federal Republic.

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Author : Edward Peterson
Genre : History

Summary : Annotation Examines the secret files of the East German Ministry of State Security, documents that reveal early warnings about the collapse of the Communist regime.

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Author : Dietrich Orlow
Genre : History

Summary : Socialist Reformers and the Collapse of the German Democratic Republic explores a neglected aspect of the collapse of Communism in the former East Germany. It focuses on the East Germans' enthusiastic support for re-unification and the transfer of West Germany's political and economic institutions t

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Author : R. G. Grant
Genre : Berlin (Germany)

Summary : The story of the Wall itself and of all that it came to signify in East-West relations, from the fall of the Third Reich in 1945 and the division of Germany to the series of events leading to reunification in 1990.

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Author : Mary Elise Sarotte
Genre : History

Summary : On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall -- infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe -- seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates tha