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Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the Frontiers of Power Major, Patrick (Professor of Modern History, University of Reading)
Behind the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the Frontiers of Power
Major, Patrick (Professor of Modern History, University of Reading)
On 13 August 1961 eighteen million East Germans awoke to find themselves walled in by an edifice which was to become synonymous with the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Patrick Major explores how the border closure affected ordinary East Germans, from workers and farmers to teenagers and even party members, 'caught out' by Sunday the Thirteenth.
336 pages, 12 b/w illustrations, numerous maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 25, 2010 |
| Original release date | 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199243280 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 239 × 22 mm · 703 g |
| Language | English |