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020 _a0465064949 (hardback)
020 _a9780465064946 (hardback)
020 _z9780465056903 (e-book)
035 _a(OCoLC)882620616
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092 _a943.0878
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100 1 _aSarotte, M. E.
_9149238
245 1 4 _aThe collapse :
_bthe accidental opening of the Berlin Wall /
_cMary Elise Sarotte.
246 3 0 _aAccidental opening of the Berlin Wall
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group,
_c[2014]
300 _axxvi, 291 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-272) and index.
520 _a"In The Collapse historian Mary Elise Sarotte shows that the opening of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, was not, as is commonly believed, the East German government's deliberate concession to outside influence. It was an accident. A carelessly worded memo written by mid-level bureaucrats, a bumbling press conference given by an inept member of the East German Politburo, the negligence of government leaders, the bravery of ordinary people in East and West Berlin--these combined to bring about the end of nearly forty years of oppression, fear, and enmity in divided Berlin. Drawing on evidence from archives in multiple countries and languages, along with dozens of interviews with key actors, The Collapse is the definitive account of the event that brought down the East German Politburo and came to represent the final collapse of the Cold War order"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aBerlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
_998534
651 0 _aBerlin (Germany)
_xHistory
_y1945-1990.
_998536
651 0 _aGermany (East)
_xPolitics and government
_y1989-1990.
_998537
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