{"product_id":"the-berlin-wall-frederick-taylor-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062985884\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062985880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 1.40d","brand":"Frederick Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044155617535,"sku":"9780062985880","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ed62d97-39be-41c0-b1e6-e675023b6d61.jpg?v=1684971248","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-berlin-wall-frederick-taylor-9780062985880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}