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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC Aug 11

    Berlin Wall construction suddenly began tomorrow 1961: #Hatchpic.twitter.com/N4p4pvXo0K

    9:01 PM - 11 Aug 2018
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      2. Lorraine Devon Wilke‏ @LorraineDWilke Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        The very idea of this wall gives me vicarious, historical PTSD. Such a horrible thing, as all walls intended to separate human beings are horrible.

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      3. Mark Lipton‏ @LiptonMark Aug 11
        Replying to @LorraineDWilke @BeschlossDC

        I agree, walls do not benefit mankind generally & we should work for a world without them. But walls to keep out threats & protect legal boundaries (while ethically patrolling them) are a legitimate & fair means of securing a sovereign nation. Not all walls are morally equivalent

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      4. Lorraine Devon Wilke‏ @LorraineDWilke Aug 11
        Replying to @LiptonMark @BeschlossDC

        From the big-picture "we're all made of the same stuff" perspective, I'm theoretically against all walls. We build them to "keep out threats" while most of our citizens are hurt or killed by people within. They are an illusion & a panacea for those who live in fear of other.

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      5. Mark Lipton‏ @LiptonMark Aug 11
        Replying to @LorraineDWilke @BeschlossDC

        “Secure the blessing of liberty, to ourselves & our posterity...” is the primary purpose of government. We fail there & must improve: education, health insurance, social services. We can! When people feel insecure from threat, which many Americans do, they shld be helped 1st tho.

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      6. Lorraine Devon Wilke‏ @LorraineDWilke Aug 11
        Replying to @LiptonMark @BeschlossDC

        When threats are exaggerated and fomented based on disinformation, bigotry, xenophobia & generalized racism, people who reject critical thinking feel threatened. Walls are not the answer. Education & the stoking of empathy are.

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      1. Jagged Star‏ @JaggedStar1 Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        Visited the wall in the 70's. When traveling through the subway, the stops in East Berlin are literally blocked off with police guards carrying rifles to prevent anyone getting off the unterstrassen. Very scary.

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      1. Marilee Rist‏ @marileerist Aug 12
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        And the wall grew, not only in length but in depth: mine fields, guard towers, dogs, more wall. Purpose: To keep people IN. I’ll never forget my shock on first seeing it when we lived in West Berlin in the 70s. We could visit the other side. They couldn’t.

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      1. April‏ @nappyswife Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @JoevialTexas

        57 year itch America?

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      1. Robert Swann‏ @RBSwann Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        What a shock that must have been.

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      2. Cooper T. Lozenger‏ @CoopTLozenger Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC @wingoz

        Invisible lines made on maps and globes dictating human behavior. Damn Shame

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      3. Trey McBride‏ @TreyMcBride Aug 11
        Replying to @CoopTLozenger @BeschlossDC @wingoz

        That’s pretty much been the history of the entire world. Territories and border lines establishing an areas identity. It’s not like it’s some postmodern ideal..

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      2. Jon Derengowski‏ @jopiqu Aug 11
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        i'm in my early-mid 30s. so nuts that this happened within my parents' lifetime.

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      3. wazzucoug99‏ @wazzucoug99 Aug 11
        Replying to @jopiqu @BeschlossDC

        I never forget the day it went down. I was a junior in HS

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      1. CatrionaMDW‏ @CatrionaMDW Aug 18
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        And it’s now been gone longer than it was up. 😀🇺🇸

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      1. j3‏ @jwcolledge3 Aug 12
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        We watched the events unfold on German TV, after having recently visited my uncle who was posted in Berlin. We drove from my father’s posting at Coleman Kaserne, where we lived a short distance from a key geographical feature known as the Fulda Gap.

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      1. Issie511‏ @Issie5111 Aug 12
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        I remember this being in the news. I was just shy of 10.

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