{"product_id":"9781541606364","title":"Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany","description":"\u003cb\u003eAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER• From the ashes of the Second World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall, “an expansive and generous history” of East Germany (\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany ceased to be. For over forty years, from the ruin of the Second World War to the cusp of a new millennium, the German Democratic Republic presented a radically different Germany than what had come before and what exists today. Socialist solidarity, secret police, central planning, barbed wire: this was a Germany forged on the fault lines of ideology and geopolitics. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Wall\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer sets aside the usual Cold War caricatures of the GDR to offer a kaleidoscopic new vision of this vanished country, revealing the rich political, social, and cultural landscape that existed amid oppression and hardship. Drawing on a vast array of never-before-seen interviews and documents, this is the definitive history of the other Germany, beyond the Wall. ","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49990986465520,"sku":"9781541606364","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781541606364","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}