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The Berlin Wall:A World Divided, 1961-1989

内容简介

ONthemorningofAugust13,1961,theresidentsofEastBerlinfoundthemselvescutofffromfamily,friends,andjobsintheWestbyatangleofbarbedwirethatruthlesslysplitacityoffourmillionintwo.Withindaysthebarbed-wireentanglementwouldundergoanextraordinarymetamorphosis:itbecameanimposing103-mile-longwallguardedbythreehundredwatchtowers.AphysicalmanifestationofthestrugglebetweenSovietCommunismandAmericancapitalismthatstoodfornearlythirtyyears,theBerlinWallwasthehigh-riskfaultlinebetweenEastandWestonwhichrestedthefateofallhumanity.Inthiscaptivatingwork,suretobethedefinitivehistoryonthesubject,FrederickTaylorweavestogetherofficialhistory,archivalmaterials,andpersonalaccountstotellthecompletestoryoftheWall'sriseandfall.

作者简介

FrederickTaylorstudiedhistoryandmodernlanguagesatOxfordUniversityandSussexUniversity.AVolkswagenStudentshipawardenabledhimtoresearchandtravelwidelyinbothpartsofdividedGermanyattheheightoftheColdWar.TayloristheauthorofDresdenandhaseditedandtranslatedanumberofworksfromGerman,includingTheGoebbelsDiaries,1939-1941.HeismarriedwiththreechildrenandlivesinCornwall,England.

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