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Pennsylvania State University Press

Berlin WitnessAn American Diplomat's Chronicle of East German's Revolution\nAuthor(s): G. Jonathan Greenwald\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271030616, 978-0271030616\nSynopsis\nIn a remarkable combination of personal reflections, official dispatches, and sophisticated political analysis, Berlin Witness recounts the dramatic story of the erosion of Communism in East Germany and the forging of the new Germany. Jonathan Greenwald arrived in East Berlin in the summer of 1987, when discontented East German youths were shouting \""Gorby, Gorby!\"" on Unter den Linden and Erich Honecker was still received in Bonn as the respected leader of the Soviet Union's most powerful ally. Germany was divided, and Honecker's GDR was a cornerstone of the armed but apparently stable security order that grew up after the Second World War.\n\nAs Political Counselor of the American Embassy, Greenwald.