{"product_id":"book-doyk","title":"The Berlin Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This vivid account of the Wall and all that it meant reminds us that symbolism can be double-edged, as a potent emblem of isolation and repression became, in its destruction, an even more powerful totem of freedom.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNOW WITH AN UPDATED EPILOGUE 30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE WALL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of East Berlin found themselves cut off from family, friends, and jobs in the West by a tangle of barbed wire that ruthlessly split a city of four million in two. Within days the barbed-wire entanglement would undergo an extraordinary metamorphosis: it became an imposing 103-mile-long wall guarded by three hundred watchtowers. A physical manifestation of the struggle between Soviet Communism and American capitalism that stood for nearly thirty years, the Berlin Wall was the high-risk fault line between East and West on which rested the fate of all humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the definitive history on the subject, Frederick Taylor weaves together official history, archival materials, and personal accounts to tell the complete story of the Wall's rise and fall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344386924848,"sku":"BDdoyk","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344386990384,"sku":"ZEdoyk","price":69.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344387121456,"sku":"ZMdoyk","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/doyk-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779304481","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-doyk","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}