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The Last Division: A History of Berlin, 1945-1989
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by Ann Tusa
Sales Rank: 1364274
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$5.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 431 pages
Published by: Perseus Books May 1997
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0201143992
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0201143997
Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.6 pounds
From Library Journal
Tusa, who has coauthored works with her husband, John, a BBC journalist, takes the reader on a brilliant paper chase through the archives of the American State Department and the French and British foreign offices to tell the story of a Cold War flash point. This is not a general history of postwar Berlin but of the Berlin diplomatic chess game between NATO and the Soviet Union. The period after the Berlin crisis of 1961 is covered superficially in the final two chapters. This is nevertheless an great book; some of the anecdotes, such as what to do with 4000 East German guard dogs after the Wall came down, are worth the price alone. For those who wish to understand the Zeitgeist of the modern Berliner, this is a book to purchase. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries whose German history section requirements updating.?Randall L. Schroeder, Wartburg Coll. Lib., Waverly, Iowa
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The New York Times Book Review, James J. Sheehan
Although Tusa does not provide much new information, she tells this exciting story well. With a good eye for striking quotations and significant details, she sketches vivid portraits of her characters…
Reader Reviews
It's been six months since I read this book and passed it on to others familiar with Berlin and its fascinating history, before and after the Cold War. All agree: this is a particularly weak work, blandly written, and, worst, careless with facts. One need only cite one blatant error, an error anyone at all acquainted with Berlin would never make: The name of the wide avenue that leads to the Brandenburg Gate, one of Europe's great boulevards, is "Strasse des 17. Juni," or "17th of June Street." This date commemorates the East German uprising of 1953, easily one of the most significant dates in Berlin's history. Ms. Tusa refers to this street as "17 July Street," and goes on to explain that on "17 July there were strikes all over the country..." With this date, and with this book, she was off by more than a month. And lest readers make the mistake of thinking this is a history of Berlin from WWII to 1989, as the subtitle states, be warned that it is really a portrayal of Berlin from WWII through the building of the Wall in 1961. The following decades are dismissed in about forty breezy pages.
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