The Wall: The People's Story - Couverture souple

Hilton, Christopher

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0750930551 ISBN 13 : 9780750930550

Editeur : The History Press Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Hilton Christopher

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For almost three decades, the Cold War was focused on Berlin, where the two (nuclear-armed) sides were kept apart by a twelve-foot wall, which had appeared overnight in August 1961. For a generation, until its fall in November 1989, it not only divided the city of Berlin, but also symbolised the confrontation between capitalist West and socialist East. In this astonishing book, journalist Christopher Hilton has collected together the individual stories of those whose lives it affected, including international politicians, American and British soldiers, East German border guards and, most importantly, the citizens of Berlin itself, West and East. Weaving their memories together into a remarkable narrative, this is the extraordinarily vivid, occasionally harrowing and often touching story of a city divided, and of how if affected the lives of real people.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Christopher Hilton was a writer and journalist. He wrote more than twenty books, including Hitler's Olympics and After the Berlin Wall, as well as numerous titles on sport.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: The History Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0750930551
• ISBN 13: 9780750930550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416