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After The Wall: American Policy Toward Germany

Elizabeth Pond
Reviewed by Gregory F. Treverton
Spring 1991
After The Wall: American Policy Toward Germany
Elizabeth Pond
Priority Press
1990
111 pp.
$8.95
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Pond, a distinguished foreign correspondent who wrote for The Christian Science Monitor, was caught by the fall of the Berlin Wall midway through a book on German-American relations. This interim product is her account of the history since that time. It stays close to current policy issues but is enriched by her broader purpose and understanding.

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