Works Cited Primary Sources Kennedy, John.

Radio and Television Report to the American People on the Berlin Crisis. West Berlin. 25 July 1961. John F Kennedy Library. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Nov. 2012. <http://www.jfklibrary.org>. Reagan, Ronald. President Reagans Address at the Brandenburg Gate. Brandenburg Gate. West Berlin, Germany. 12 June 1987. Speech. This speech told me the situation of Berlin at the time of the speech, President Kennedys speech told me the situation of the Berlin wall when it was first constructed and Reagans speech told me the situation when it was about to fall.

Secondary Sources Freedman, Lawrence. Kennedys Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam. New York: Oxford UP, 2000. Print. The book Kennedys War Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam talks about the cold war from the Kennedys Administrations point of view, the book also includes letters and documents from the Kennedy administration that illustrates a better picture for the reader Grathwol, Robert P., Donita M. Moorhus, and Gareth L. Steen. Berlin and the American Military: A Cold War Chronicle. 2nd ed. New York: New York UP, 1999. Print. This book informs the reader about event about the Berlin wall and the American military perspective of the wall and including eyewitness accounts of the wall from US soldiers. Kort, Michael. The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union. New York: Franklin Watts, 1992. Print. This book tells me the Soviet standpoint and perspective of the wall, it includes letters

from General Secretary Gorbachev to presidents and other dignities giving an insight to east Berlin and east Europe. Pape, Walter. 1870/71-1989/90: German Unifications and the Change of Literary Discourse. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 1993. Print. This book informs the reader on the literary and cultural impact of the berlin wall and the unification of Germany. Schmemann, Serge. CLAMOR IN THE EAST; EAST GERMANY OPENS FRONTIER TO THE WEST FOR MIGRATION OR TRAVEL; THOUSANDS CROSS. New York Times [New York City] 10 Nov. 1989, Headline: n. pag. Print. This article tells me the first initial opening of the gate illustrated by the New York Times foreign correspondent Serge Schmemann that was stationed in West Berlin. He has more insight into the experience as he wrote his book. This article was the first initial and headlined article in the west that said the gates were open - - -. When The Wall Came Down. Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton, 2006. Print. The book When the Wall Came Down is written from the point of view of the New York Times foreign correspondent that was in West Berlin when the wall fell. Schu?rer, Ernst, Manfred Erwin Keune, and Philip Jenkins. The Berlin Wall: Representations and Perspectives. New York: P. Lang, 1996. Print. This book includes perspective from both stand points of the wall from the allied west germany and the Soviet east germany. This book includes standpoints from France and Britain as well and has letters and first hand accounts from both sides. The Struggle to Unite. Sirs Discoverer. N.p., 7 Nov. 1999. Web. 9 Nov. 2012. <http://discoverer.prod.sirs.com/discoweb/disco/do/article?urn=urn%3Asirs%3AUS%3B ARTICLE%3BART%3B0000108811>. This web site article tells me how West and East

Berlin united after the gates were open and it includes eyewitness accounts from the event.