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The Berlin Wall / Cindy Mur, book editor.

Contributor(s): Series: At issue in historyPublication details: San Diego, Calif : Greenhaven Press, c2004.Description: 140 p. : maps ; 16 cmISBN:
  • 0737713518 (pbk.)
  • 073771350X (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 943.087 BER
Contents:
Foreword. - Introduction: the rise and fall of the Berlin wall. - Ch. 1. The Berlin crisis. 1. The Berlin crisis occurred because Berlin was a symbol of the Cold War by Campbell Craig. 2. The Berlin crisis occurred because Berlin was of vital strategic importance by Paul Du Quenoy. 3. The west is committed to Berlin by John F. Kennedy. 4. The east will not withdraw from Berlin by Nikita S. Khrushchev. - Ch. 2. The construction of the Berlin wall. 1. The wall was a result of tensions between the Soviet Union and East Germany by Hope M. Harrison. 2. Weatern response to the construction of the Berlin Wall was appropriate by Eric Morris. 3. The construction of the wall alleviated East-West tensions by Richard Reeves. - Ch. 3. The fall of the Berlin wall and the consequences for Berlin. 1. Berliners celebrate the destruction of the Berlin wall by Andreas Ramos. 2. The fall of the Berlin wall creates confusion and Euphoria for Berliners by Christopher Hope. 3. The economic outlook is bright for Berlin by Andrew J. Glass. 4. Economic and social difficulties plague Berlin by Belinda Cooper. - Chronology. - For Further research. - Index.
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Foreword. - Introduction: the rise and fall of the Berlin wall. - Ch. 1. The Berlin crisis. 1. The Berlin crisis occurred because Berlin was a symbol of the Cold War by Campbell Craig. 2. The Berlin crisis occurred because Berlin was of vital strategic importance by Paul Du Quenoy. 3. The west is committed to Berlin by John F. Kennedy. 4. The east will not withdraw from Berlin by Nikita S. Khrushchev. - Ch. 2. The construction of the Berlin wall. 1. The wall was a result of tensions between the Soviet Union and East Germany by Hope M. Harrison. 2. Weatern response to the construction of the Berlin Wall was appropriate by Eric Morris. 3. The construction of the wall alleviated East-West tensions by Richard Reeves. - Ch. 3. The fall of the Berlin wall and the consequences for Berlin. 1. Berliners celebrate the destruction of the Berlin wall by Andreas Ramos. 2. The fall of the Berlin wall creates confusion and Euphoria for Berliners by Christopher Hope. 3. The economic outlook is bright for Berlin by Andrew J. Glass. 4. Economic and social difficulties plague Berlin by Belinda Cooper. - Chronology. - For Further research. - Index.