The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Autor William F Buckleyen Limba Engleză Paperback – oct 2009
--"The Baltimore Sun" ""Buckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom.""
--"Publishers Weekly"
""This is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep s] readers turning the page.""
--"National Review"
"" A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory.""
--"The Washington Times"
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In "The Fall of the Berlin Wall," renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall's destruction and the end of the Cold War.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780470496688
ISBN-10: 0470496681
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 134 x 197 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Ediția:20th Anniversary edition
Editura: Turner Publishing Company
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0470496681
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 134 x 197 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Ediția:20th Anniversary edition
Editura: Turner Publishing Company
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
Public țintă
Readers of popular history; fans of William F. Buckley; those interested in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union; public libraries and schools.Descriere
"Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism." — The Baltimore Sun "Buckley′s lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom." — Publishers Weekly "This is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep[s] readers turning the page." — National Review "[A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory." — The Washington Times The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In The Fall of the Berlin Wall , renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall′s destruction and the end of the Cold War.
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The Fall of the Berlin Wall
20th Anniversary Edition
William F. Buckley Jr.
Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger
History
"Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism
over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism."
--The Baltimore Sun
"Buckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the
will to achieve freedom."
--Publishers Weekly
"This is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep[s] readers turning the page."
--National Review
"[A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory."
--The Washington Times
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In The Fall of the Berlin Wall, renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall's destruction and the end of the Cold War.
20th Anniversary Edition
William F. Buckley Jr.
Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger
History
"Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism
over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism."
--The Baltimore Sun
"Buckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the
will to achieve freedom."
--Publishers Weekly
"This is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep[s] readers turning the page."
--National Review
"[A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory."
--The Washington Times
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In The Fall of the Berlin Wall, renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall's destruction and the end of the Cold War.
Cuprins
Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger. Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Ulbricht’s Berlin Problem. 2. The Continuing Crisis. 3. In the Shadow of the Wall. 4. The Wall Came Tumbling Down. 5. The End of the Cold War. Notes. Index.
Notă biografică
The late William F. Buckley Jr. was an award–winning author, editor, columnist, television host, lecturer, and adventurer. A father of modern conservative thought in America, he founded National Review in 1955, started writing his syndicated "On the Right" newspaper column in 1962, and began hosting the Emmy Award–winning Firing Line in 1966. His many bestselling books include God and Man at Yale , Atlantic High , Airborne , and ten Blackford Oakes spy novels. Buckley was awarded thirty–five honorary degrees and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991.
Recenzii
‘Its tone is one of restrained exultation…’ (Financial Times, 2009)