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Meyer, Michael, 1952-

The year that changed the world : the untold story behind the fall of the Berlin Wall / Michael Meyer. - 1st Scribner hardcover ed. - New York : Scribner, 2009. - xiii, 255 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN: 9781416558453 (alk. paper) 1416558454 (alk. paper) 9781439100493 (ebk.) 1439100497 (ebk.)

LCCN: 2008044917

Subjects--Personal Names:
Meyer, Michael, 1952- --Travel--Europe, Eastern.
Meyer, Michael, 1952- --Travel--Germany (East)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communism--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Communism--History.--Germany (East)
Social movements--History--Europe, Eastern--20th century.
Social movements--History.--Germany (East)
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989.
World politics--1989-

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe, Eastern--History--1945-1989.
Germany (East)--History.

Subjects--Index Terms: Fellow Berlin Prize Fellow Class of Spring 1999

LC Class. No.: DJK50 / .M49 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 943.0009/048