Name: The Fall of the Berlin Wall (in English)
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Author: Buckley, William F. ; Kissinger, Henry a.
ISBN: 9780470496688

portada The Fall of the Berlin Wall (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

William F. Buckley

Preface by

Henry Kissinger

Publisher

Wiley

Year

2009

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 14.6 x 1.7 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN

0470496681

ISBN13

9780470496688

Edition No.

0020

Synopsis "The Fall of the Berlin Wall (in English)"

Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism.--The Baltimore SunBuckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom.--Publishers WeeklyThis is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep[s] readers turning the page.--National Review[A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory.--The Washington TimesThe fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In The Fall of the Berlin Wall, renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall's destruction and the end of the Cold War.

Henry Kissinger

(Preface by)

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(Alemania, 1923), de origen judío alemán, fue Asesor Nacional de Seguridad y luego Secretario de Estado con Richard Nixon y Gerald Ford y ha asesorado a muchos otros presidentes estadounidenses sobre cuestiones de política internacional. En 1973 recibió el premio Nobel de la Paz, y también ha obtenido la medalla de la Libertad, entre otros muchos premios y honores. Es autor de numerosos libros sobre política internacional como China (Debate, 2013) u Orden mundial (Debate, 2016). Actualmente preside Kissinger Associates, Inc., una consultoría internacional.

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