{"product_id":"9781526614278-the-berlin-wall","title":"The Berlin Wall","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13 August 1961 - 9 November 1989 (reissued). \u003cb\u003eThe astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.\u003c\/b\u003eDuring the night of 12–13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Frederick Taylor tells the story of the post-war political conflict that led to a divided Berlin and unleashed an East–West crisis, which lasted until the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on 9 November 1989.Weaving together history, original archive research and personal stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, now published in fifteen languages, is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when humanity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40944692920417,"sku":"9781526614278","price":13.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/fe878643eed2309824b9f131972482c1.png?v=1691763740","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526614278-the-berlin-wall","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}