The Picnic: A Dream Of Freedom And Collapse Iron Curtain Matthew Longo Ww Norton Co Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

In August 1989 A Group Of Hungarian Activists Organised Picnic On The Border Hungary And Austria But This Was Not An Ordinary Picnic—It Located Dangerous Militarised Frontier Known As Iron Curtain Tacit Permission From Highest State Authorities Could Be Revoked At Any Moment Wisps Rumour Thousands East German “Vacationers” Packed Campgrounds Awaiting Opportunity Fearing Prison Surveilled By Lurking Stasi Agents Pan-European Set Stage For Greatest Breach Cold War History: Hundreds Crossed Communist To Longed-For Freedom West Fall Berlin Wall End Soviet Union—The So-Called History—All Would Flow Those Dramatic Hours Drawing Exclusive Interviews Matthew Longo Gives Invaluable Account Historical Change Disillusionment That Followed Emotionally Powerful It Is Revealing Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 16X16Cm