1989 the Berlin Wall - My Part in Its Downfall

It was an event that changed history and Peter Millar was in the middle of it. For over a decade Millar had been living in East Berlin, as well as Warsaw and Moscow, and in this engaging memoir we follow him to the heart of Cold War Europe. We relive the night that it all disintegrated, and its curious domino-like effect on Eastern Europe. We see Peter as he opens his Stasi file and discovers which of his friends had - or hadn't - been spying on him. A compelling, amazingly insightful, and entertaining read, this book brings Peter Millar's characteristic wit and insight to one of the most significant moments in history. Peter Millar has worked for Reuters, the Telegraph Group and the Sunday Times as a foreign correspondent. For the latter he covered the Fall of the Berlin Wall and was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year.

About the author

Peter Millar, ein vielfach ausgezeichneter Journalist, wurde in Nordirland geboren und ist in Oxford aufgewachsen. Er schreibt u. a. für die "Sunday Times" und den "Evening Standard" und war Korrespondent in Berlin (zur Zeit des Mauerfalls), Moskau, Paris und Brüssel. Heute lebt er mit seiner Frau und seinen beiden Kindern in London und in der Nähe von Oxford.

Summary

Follow Peter Millar on a journey in the heart of Cold War Europe, from the carousing bars of 1970s Fleet Street to the East Berlin corner pub with its eclectic cast of characters who embodied the reality of living on the wrong side of the wall.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Millar
• Publisher: Arcadia Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.11.2014
• EAN: 9781910050262
• ISBN: 978-1-910050-26-2
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 198 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Germany; European History, Diaries, letters & journals, Germany, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Diaries, letters and journals, C 1980 To C 1990, The Cold War, Marxism & Communism, Cold wars and proxy conflicts