The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - reissued with a new preface to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the wall.

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited and East Germany ceased to exist. In this book, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, including the story of Miriam, who as a 16-year-old might have started World War III.

How the Soviet Union's European empire collapsed in a dizzying few months of revolutions that changed the world.

The Battle of Wills in Chechnya. The tragedy of Chechnya brought into focus by Poland's foremost journalist. Jagielski's narrative revolves around two Chechnyan leaders: Shamil Basayev, a hero to some, a dangerous warlord to others; and Aslan Maskhadov, a calculating and sober politician, who is viewed as a providential saviour by some of his compatriots and a cowardly opportunist by the rest. ...

Presents an account of Ukraine and its people. This title looks forward to the key election in 2010, which revisits many of the issues that were thought settled in 2004.

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On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a riveting account of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War

This essential text has been fully revised, updated and expanded to take account of new material and events since the publication of the third edition. The book now features extended discussion of the post 1989 transition to capitalism, additional illustrations, and suggestions for further reading.

Liberation in Paris was greeted with joy and marked by recriminations and the trauma of purges. The feverish intellectual arguments of the young took place amidst the mundane reality of hunger and fuel shortages. This book is a historical account of one of the stimulating periods in twentieth century French history.

Explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago and the effects they have had on our world. This book describes how Germany unified, NATO expansion began, and Russia got left on the periphery of the new Europe.

Coincides with the anniversaries of two significant milestones in Czech and Slovak history - the imposition of communist rule in 1948 and the doomed experiment to reform socialism which has come to be known as the Prague Spring of 1968.

Following the brutal wars which raged in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, Bosnia and Herzegovina was awkwardly partitioned into two governing entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska. This title investigates the rise and fall of Brcko and post-war Bosnia and what lessons can be learned.

Covers the Kosovo War, and the overthrow of Milosevic, with close-up accounts of his trial at the Hague, and subsequent death. This book looks at the assassination of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindic in 2003, and its consequences.

AQA History is the only series of resources developed with and exclusively endorsed by AQA, providing teachers with complete confidence that they have everything they need to deliver AQA's new AS History specification.

Offers an assessment of post-cold war European unity, examining regional and national historical identities and boundaries. This book emphasises on the multiple but interrelated divisions that have shaped the course of European history and crystallized in different patterns during successive phases.

The astonishing drama of Cold War nuclear poker that divided humanity - by the author of the best-selling Dresden

By October 1990 East Germany and West Germany were united. How did combining two telephone systems, two postal services, hospitals, farm land, property, industry, railways, roads and speed limits work? How were women's rights, welfare, pensions, trades unions, arts, rents and housing affected? This book tells the story of this unification.

A collection of diplomatic documents covering British reactions to, and policy towards, the collapse of the German Democratic Republic and the unification of Germany in 1989-90.

Former KGB spy Vladimir Putin, named Prime Minister of Russia in 1999 and, one year later, President, has been something of a media darling in the West, having successfully marketed himself as an enlightened leader with both feet planted firmly on the Eastern borders of Europe. This book disagrees with this point of view.