{"product_id":"beyond-the-wall-9781541602588","title":"Beyond the Wall","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":67866062880946,"sku":"9781541602588","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/9781541602588.jpg?v=1793563454","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/beyond-the-wall-9781541602588","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}