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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


