Berlin Wall Falls...by Accident: NOT a Triumph of Good Over Evil, Historian Says

The New York Times marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a photo essay, and quotes historian and writer Anne Applebaum saying, “It was not a triumph of good over evil. It was basically incompetence — and chance.” Bill Whittle, Stephen Green and Scott Ott remember it differently.
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