May 12, 2009

Remembering 1989 - Times Online

Remembering 1989 - Times Online: "Remembering 1989
The Berlin Wall was smashed, the world wide web was launched. Brian Moynahan examines 12 months of mayhem and magic

It was the year of wonders: the year the post-war world was utterly changed. At the start of 1989, the cold war seemed in its prime. Communist regimes ruled a third of mankind. By its end, the Berlin Wall had collapsed and taken the regimes in eastern Europe with it. China had to massacre its young to stay in power."

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