The collapse : the accidental opening of the Berlin Wall

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The collapse : the accidental opening of the Berlin Wall

Mary Elise Sarotte

Basic Books, c2014

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-272) and index

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On the night of November 9, 1989, massive crowds surged toward the Berlin Wall, drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise: East Germans could now move freely to the West. The Wall,infamous symbol of divided Cold War Europe,seemed to be falling. But the opening of the gates that night was not planned by the East German ruling regime,nor was it the result of a bargain between either Ronald Reagan or George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.It was an accident.In The Collapse , Prize-winning historian Mary Elise Sarotte reveals how a perfect storm of decisions made by daring underground revolutionaries, disgruntled Stasi officers, and dictatorial party bosses sparked an unexpected series of events culminating in the chaotic fall of the Wall. With a novelist's eye for character and detail, she brings to vivid life a story that sweeps across Budapest, Prague, Dresden, and Leipzig and up to the armed checkpoints in Berlin.We meet the revolutionaries Roland Jahn, Aram Radomski, and Siggi Schefke, risking it all to smuggle the truth across the Iron Curtain the hapless Politburo member Gunter Schabowski, mistakenly suggesting that the Wall is open to a press conference full of foreign journalists, including NBC's Tom Brokaw and Stasi officer Harald Jager, holding the fort at the crucial border crossing that night. Soon, Brokaw starts broadcasting live from Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where the crowds are exulting in the euphoria of newfound freedom,and the dictators are plotting to restore control.Drawing on new archival sources and dozens of interviews, The Collapse offers the definitive account of the night that brought down the Berlin Wall.

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Introduction: Discovering the Causes of the Collapse PART I: THE STRUGGLE WITHIN THE SOVIET BLOC AND SAXONY Chapter 1. A Brutal Status Quo Chapter 2. Marginal to Massive Chapter 3. The Fight for the Ring Part II: THE COMPETITION FOR CONTROL IN EAST BERLIN Chapter 4. The Revolution Advances, the Regime Plays for Time Chapter 5. Failure to Communicate on November 9, 1989 Part III: THE CONTEST OF WILLS AT THE WALL Chapter 6. The Revolution, Televised Chapter 7. Damage Control? Epilogue. Violence and Victory, Trust and Triumphalism

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