The first hundred or so pages of the collapse the accidental opening of the berlin wall is preamble but the context is required for those without a penchant for modern history it takes a worlds stage and distills it to the minute by minute lives of a handful of people the prep work can get tedious because it is all marches and mimeographed flyers and you know how it ends anyway but if . The collapse the accidental opening of the berlin wall mary elise sarotte elisabeth rodgers audible studios amazonfr livres choisir vos preferences en matiere de cookies nous utilisons des cookies et des outils similaires pour faciliter vos achats fournir nos services pour comprendre comment les clients utilisent nos services afin de pouvoir apporter des ameliorations et pour . The collapse the accidental opening of the berlin wall paperback illustrated september 29 2015 by mary elise sarotte author 46 out of 5 stars 162 ratings on the night of november 9 1989 massive crowds surged toward the berlin wall drawn by an announcement that caught the world by surprise east germans could now move freely to the west the wall infamous symbol of divided cold . The collapse the accidental opening of the berlin wall the opening of the berlin wall was not planned by the east german ruling regime nor was it the result of a bargain between either president ronald reagan or president george hw bush and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev it was an accident in the collapse prize winning historian mary elise sarotte reveals how a perfect storm of