Dissolution

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Excellent, detailed account of the end of the GDR - Rated
Professor Maier does an excellent job of giving an accurate, researched and detailed account of the end of the "first socialist state on German soil". Although not a consummate expert on the subject and certainly not a contemporary historian at heart, Professor Maier succeeds in presenting a readable and fascinating book. The text could stand to be slightly less academic -- the long section on the nature of revolutions is, in my opinion, a bit tedious. Nevertheless an excellent account, certainly the best one in English, for scholars and laypersons alike.