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Berlin Wall

History World

1989!

On the illusion of the inevitable and the revolutions that ended the Eastern Bloc.

Timothy Garton Ash New York Review of Books Nov 2009 20min Permalink

History Politics World

Germany's Unlikely Diplomatic Triumph

A behind-the-scenes account of the tense negotiations, involving Gorbachev, Kohl, Bush, and Thatcher, that led from the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall to a reunified Germany. (Translated from German.)

Klaus Wiegrefe Der Spiegel Sep 2010 40min Permalink