The Collapse: The Accidental Opening of the Berlin Wall

“Collapse” is a dizzying historical thriller showing how peaceful protest can lead to changes that yesterday still seemed impossible. Mary Elise Sarotte, a professor of history at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, reconstructs the event timeline almost minute by minute before the fall of the Berlin Wall—and shows how the “Big History” is formed out of numerous small details, often accidental and unplanned.