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Sunday, November 1, 2009

The writing on the wall

With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall upon us, plenty of new books are reexamining the end of the Cold War. Herewith, a few more:

THE YEAR THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

The Untold Story Behind the Fall of the Berlin Wall

By Michael Meyer

Scribner. 272 pp. $26

An intelligent history combined with personal memoir, delivered with great verve.

REVOLUTION 1989

The Fall of the Soviet Empire

By Victor Sebestyen

Pantheon. 480 pp. $30


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