{"product_id":"the-berlin-wall-august-13-1961-november-9-1989-9780062985880","title":"The Berlin Wall: August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This vivid account of the Wall and all that it meant reminds us that symbolism can be double-edged, as a potent emblem of isolation and repression became, in its destruction, an even more powerful totem of freedom.\" -- \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOW WITH AN UPDATED EPILOGUE 30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends, and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly split a city of four million in two. Within days the barbed-wire entanglement would undergo an extraordinary metamorphosis: it became an imposing 103-mile-long wall guarded by three hundred watchtowers. A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the definitive history on the subject, Frederick Taylor weaves together official history, archival materials, and personal accounts to tell the complete story of the Wall's rise and fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTaylor, Frederick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFrederick Taylor studied history and modern languages at Oxford University and Sussex University. A Volkswagen Studentship award enabled him to research and travel widely in both parts of divided Germany at the height of the Cold War. Taylor is the author of \u003cem\u003eDresden\u003c\/em\u003e and has edited and translated a number of works from German, including \u003cem\u003eThe Goebbels Diaries, 1939-1941\u003c\/em\u003e. He is married with three children and lives in Cornwall, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50651255570706,"sku":"9780062985880","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1e00bac0-e200-4eaf-a125-e9ae1af98178.jpg?v=1733298319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-berlin-wall-august-13-1961-november-9-1989-9780062985880","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}