The Turn
by Don Oberdorfer
If you ask me for just one book to give you the narrative of events, I would recommend this one. It has an immediacy that comes from someone who observed a lot of it; Oberdorfer was a Washington Post reporter at the time. He is particularly good on international relations, which I think is a key part of the story of 1989 and 1990.
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“There are more recent books by journalists, but I really like this one, because he was present at a number of the key events and he did a good job of documenting what was significant and then pulling it together immediately afterwards.” Read more...
Mary Elise Sarotte, Political Scientist
