The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall

Author/Creator:

Meyer, Michael, 1952-

Publication/Creation:

New York : Scribner, 2009

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st Scribner hardcover edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall / Michael Meyer

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Meyer, Michael,1952---Travel--Europe, Eastern
Meyer, Michael,1952---Travel--Germany (East)
Communism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century
Communism--Germany (East)--History
Social movements--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century
Social movements--Germany (East)--History
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
World politics--1989-
Social movements
Europe, Eastern--History--1945-1989
Germany (East)--History

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Genesis -- The Wall -- Democracy on the Danube -- A miraculous conversion -- Parallel universes -- The Hungarian connection -- High noon -- Déjeuner sur l'herbe, or, Hieronymus Bosch's Hell -- The great escape -- Vortex of change -- A kiss of death -- The fall -- Aftermath -- Denouement.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xiii, 255 pages ; 24 cm

General Note:

"Scribner nonfiction original hardcover."

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990023955870302486

ISBN:

1416558454 (alk. paper)
9781416558453 (alk. paper)
9781439100493 (eBook)

OCLC Number:

263605402

Barcode:

010001273459