{"product_id":"berlin-wall","title":"Berlin Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new Postscript to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the night of 12–13 August 1961, a barbed-wire entanglement was hastily constructed through the heart of Berlin. It metamorphosed into a structure that would come to symbolise the insanity of the Cold War: the Berlin Wall. Frederick Taylor tells the story of the post-war political conflict that led to a divided Berlin and unleashed an East–West crisis, which lasted until the very people the Wall had been built to imprison breached it on 9 November 1989.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeaving together history, original archive research and personal stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Berlin Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, now published in fifteen languages, is the definitive account of a divided city and its people in a time when humanity seemed to stand permanently on the edge of destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317459984766,"sku":"NW9781526614278","price":12.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526614278.jpg?v=1778249655","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/berlin-wall","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}