How the Berlin Wall Worked

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• Grant, R.G. The Berlin Wall. Raintree (September 1998).
• Jackson, Robert. The Berlin Airlift. Harpercollins (April 1988).
• Schmemann, Serge. When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism. Kingfisher (May 10, 2006).
• Taylor, Frederick. The Berlin Wall. HarperCollins (May 30, 2007).