The Berlin Wall

On August 13, 1961, East Berliners awoke to find their city divided by barbed wire, which quickly evolved into the formidable Berlin Wall. This 103-mile barrier became a stark symbol of the Cold War, separating families and friends while standing as a high-risk fault line between Soviet Communism and American capitalism. Frederick Taylor's definitive history explores the Wall's creation from postwar tensions, its impact on ordinary lives, and the geopolitical ramifications that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, until its historic fall in 1989.