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James Carroll

The rusting and fall of the Iron Curtain

By James Carroll
November 9, 2009

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Today is the 20th anniversary of the event that proved the realists wrong. When joyous citizens breached the Berlin Wall with rock music and dancing instead of guns and tanks, the Cold War was over. (Full article: 728 words)

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