The Collapse : The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

Author(s): Sarotte, Mary Elise

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Edition:	1st Edition
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Basic Books
Publication Year:	2014
ISBN:	9780465064946
Book ID:	005268
Catalogue(s):	History - Europe ◇ War, Military History and Weapons

xxvi, 290pp. Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine (boards clean, square, tight and sharp). Internally neat, clean and bright. Slightly bowed. Sarotte reveals how a perfect storm of decisions made by daring underground revolutionaries, disgruntled Stasi officers and dictatorial party bosses sparked an unexpected chain of events which culminated in the chaotic collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. 8vo.

Keywords:

germany eastern bloc communism east berlin Berlin Wall Berlin Stasi Cold War European history 20th century history