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| Named Person: | Michael Meyer; Michael Meyer |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Meyer |
| ISBN: | 9781416558453 1416558454 9781439100493 1439100497 |
| OCLC Number: | 263605402 |
| Description: | xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Genesis -- The Wall -- Democracy on the Danube -- A miraculous conversion -- Parallel universes -- The Hungarian connection -- High noon -- Déjeuner sur l'herbe, or Hieronymus Bosch's Hell -- The great escape -- Vortex of change -- A kiss of death -- The fall -- Aftermath -- Denouement. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Meyer. |
Abstract:
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many still believe it was the words of President Ronald Reagan, Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! that brought the Cold War to an end. Meyer disagrees, and in this compelling account, explains why.
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