"Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism."<br>—<b><i>The Baltimore Sun</i></b><p>"Buckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom."<br>—<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><p>"This is a small masterpiece of the narrative tradition. The Fall of the Berlin Wall keep[s] readers turning the page."<br>—<b><i>National Review</i></b><p>"[A] great narrative of democratic survival and democratic victory."<br>—<b><i>The Washington Times</i></b><p>The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was the turning point in the struggle against Communism in Eastern Europe. In <i>The Fall of the Berlin Wall</i>, renowned author and conservative pioneer William F. Buckley Jr. explains why the wall was built, reveals its devastating impact on the lives of people on both sides, and provides a riveting account of the events that led to the wall's destruction and the end of the Cold War.