Bookverdict.com

Gr 10-Up These books examine how artificial borders, drawn for political or military reasons, influenced the countries they created and those who had an interest in either maintaining or eliminating them. Iron Curtain focuses on the Cold War in Europe, especially in Berlin. Brager discusses the opposing goals of the United States and Soviet Union and the events in Soviet-controlled Europe, concluding that the physical boundaries of the Iron Curtain helped maintain an "uneasy peace...Log In or Sign Up to Read More