{"product_id":"post-wall-post-square-by-kristina-spohr-rare-books","title":"Post Wall, Post Square by Kristina Spohr [rare books]","description":"\u003ch2 data-end=\"127\" data-start=\"44\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"125\" data-start=\"47\"\u003eBook Summary: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"204\" data-start=\"128\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eKristina Spohr’s \u003cem data-end=\"41\" data-start=\"17\"\u003ePost Wall, Post Square\u003c\/em\u003e offers a sweeping reinterpretation of the global transformation that followed the collapse of the Berlin Wall. Drawing on newly declassified archives from the U.S., Soviet Union, UK, France and beyond, Spohr argues that the peaceful end of the Cold War was the result not of cataclysmic conflict, but of thoughtful, cooperative diplomacy between leaders like George H. W. Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Kohl, and François Mitterrand. Simultaneously, she contextualizes these events with developments in Asia—most notably the brutal crackdown in Tiananmen Square—demonstrating how different political systems forged divergent paths after 1989. By tracing the interplay of grassroots movements and high-level negotiations, Spohr shows how the modern world—with its enlarged EU, expanded NATO, and increasingly assertive global powers like Russia, China, and the U.S.—was implicitly built during 1989–1992\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-end=\"255\" data-start=\"211\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"253\" data-start=\"214\"\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"486\" data-start=\"256\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eKristina Spohr, a German–Finnish historian born in 1973, is the \u003cstrong data-end=\"106\" data-start=\"64\"\u003eHelmut Schmidt Distinguished Professor\u003c\/strong\u003e at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, and a faculty member of the International History Department at the London School of Economics\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eShe studied at the University of East Anglia, Sciences Po Paris, and Cambridge (where she earned her Ph.D.), and later worked within NATO’s Secretary General’s private office in Brussels\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eSpohr is an expert on post‑1945 Germany, Cold War diplomacy, and statecraft. Among her notable works are \u003cem data-end=\"189\" data-start=\"105\"\u003eThe Global Chancellor: Helmut Schmidt and the Reshaping of the International Order\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"287\" data-start=\"194\"\u003eTranscending the Cold War: Summits, Statecraft, and the Dissolution of Bipolarity in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45255615774906,"sku":"357QG9YWX-Used","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/399_f290162f-0e9e-455e-afa6-ecafa0d52082.jpg?v=1761066742","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/post-wall-post-square-by-kristina-spohr-rare-books","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}