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Burned Bridge : How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain.

The building of the Berlin Wall in 1961 shocked the world. Ever since, the image of this impenetrable barrier between East and West, imposed by communism, has been a central symbol of the Cold War. Based on vast research in untapped archival, oral, and private sources, Burned Bridge reveals the hidd...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheffer, Edith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; PART ONE DEMARCATION LINE, 1945-1952; 1. Foundations: Burned Bridge; 2. Insecurity: Border Mayhem; 3. Inequality: Economic Divides; 4. Kickoff: Political Skirmishing; PART TWO "LIVING WALL," 1952-1961; 5. Shock: Border Closure and Deportation; 6. Shift: Everyday Boundaries; 7. Surveillance: Individual Controls; PART THREE IRON CURTAIN, 1961-1989; 8. Home: Life in the Prohibited Zone; 9. Fault Line: Life in the Fortifications; 10. Disconnect: East-West Relations; Epilogue: New Divides; Appendix 1; Appendix 2.
  • Appendix 3Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index.