The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey Along Europe's Cold War Border

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A travel memoir disguised as a political science piece. Filled with lots of irrelevant personal stories, pictures integrated at random places instead of all together at the end, which I didn't like. Truthfully I got nothing of substance from this. The writing could have been tighter, and had more references to the history instead of just verbal regurgitation that relies on trusting the author. I'm sure some people will enjoy this, but it was not for me. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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