Crossing the River: A Memoir of the American Left, the Cold War, and Life in East Germany

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Summary: An excellent and objective read
Review: I was very impressed by this book.Very easy to read,a real page turner.This guy takes a mostly pro gdr stance,but he is still very objective as he was not a Socialist unity Party member.This book tells you what life in the East Bloc was really like.Reject the western lies about socialism!

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Summary: Fills a historical void
Review: This engrossing autobiography relates, first hand, what happened post WWII with the diehard leftists in the eastern blocs when their dreams of socialism came crushing down around them .

The author fled his native USA while in the army and swam the Danube to seek a better world.

An honest insight that has not previously been told.