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Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe's triumphs and tragedies Winner of the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize - A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 "An irresistibly well-written book, fluent, witty, and intelligent."--Neal Acherson, New York Review of Books Timothy Garton Ash, Europe's "historian of the present," has been "breathing Europe" for the last half century. In Homelands he embarks on a journey in time and space around the postwar continent, drawing on his own notes from many great events, giving vivid firsthand accounts of its leading actors, revisiting the places where its history was made, and recalling its triumphs and tragedies through their imprint on the present. Garton Ash offers an account of events as seen from the ground--history illustrated by memoir. He describes how Europe emerged from wartime devastation to rebuild, to triumph with the fall of the Berlin Wall, to democratize and unite. And then to falter. It is a singular history of a period of unprecedented progress along with a clear-eyed account of how so much went wrong, from the financial crisis of 2008 to the war in Ukraine. From the pen of someone who, in spite of Brexit, emphatically describes himself as an English European, this is both a tour d'horizon and a tour de force.

Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe's triumphs and tragedies Winner of the 2024 Lionel Gelber Prize - A Financial Times Best Book of 2023 "An irresistibly well-written book, fluent, witty, and intelligent."--Neal Acherson, New York Review of Books Timothy Garton Ash, Europe's "historian of the present," has been "breathing Europe" for the last half century. In Homelands he embarks on a journey in time and space around the postwar continent, drawing on his own notes from many great events, giving vivid firsthand accounts of its leading actors, revisiting the places where its history was made, and recalling its triumphs and tragedies through their imprint on the present. Garton Ash offers an account of events as seen from the ground--history illustrated by memoir. He describes how Europe emerged from wartime devastation to rebuild, to triumph with the fall of the Berlin Wall, to democratize and unite. And then to falter. It is a singular history of a period of unprecedented progress along with a clear-eyed account of how so much went wrong, from the financial crisis of 2008 to the war in Ukraine. From the pen of someone who, in spite of Brexit, emphatically describes himself as an English European, this is both a tour d'horizon and a tour de force.

The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a historic moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland's first free parliamentary elections--in which Solidarity found itself in the position of trying to limit the scope of its victory--or sitting in at the meetings of an unlikely coalition of bohemian intellectuals and Catholic clerics orchestrating the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Garton Ash writes with enormous sympathy and power. This book is a stunningly evocative portrait of the revolutions that swept Communism from Eastern Europe in 1989 and whose aftereffects are still being felt today. As Garton Ash writes in an incisive new afterword, from the perspective of three decades later: "Freedom's battle is never finally won. It must be fought anew in every generation."

-Eloquent, aware and scrupulous . . . a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past.- --The New York Times In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later Timothy Garton Ash--who was by then famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe--returned. This time he had come to look at a file that bore the code-name -Romeo.- The file had been compiled by the Stasi, the East German secret police, with the assistance of dozens of informers. And it contained a meticulous record of Garton Ash's earlier life in Berlin. In this memoir, Garton Ash describes what it was like to rediscover his younger self through the eyes of the Stasi, and then to go on to confront those who actually informed against him to the secret police. Moving from document to remembrance, from the offices of British intelligence to the living rooms of retired Stasi officers, The File is a personal narrative as gripping, as disquieting, and as morally provocative as any fiction by George Orwell or Graham Greene. And it is all true. -In this painstaking, powerful unmasking of evil, the wretched face of tyranny is revealed.- --Philadelphia Inquirer

In an illuminating assessment of the current state of global affairs, a prominent historian and journalist examines the current crisis among Western nations, the frequent conflict between Europe and America, the implications of a unified Europe, the Middle Eastern chaos, and the need for nations to work together to solve important problems. Reprint.

**Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize 2024****A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**'A moving love letter to Europe' Lea Ypi, author of FreeDrawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered.Timothy Garton Ash, our greatest writer about Europe, has spent a lifetime studying Europe and this deeply felt book is full of vivid experiences: from his father's memories of D-Day and his own surveillance at the hands of the Stasi to interviewing Albanian guerrillas in the mountains of Kosovo and angry teenagers in the poorest quarters of Paris, as well as advising prime ministers, chancellors and presidents.Homelands is at once a living, breathing history of a period of unprecedented progress, a clear-eyed account of how so much then went wrong and an urgent call to the citizens of this great old continent to understand and defend what we have collectively achieved.'The right book for Europe, at the right time' Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny'Tremendously enjoyable ... thoughtful, honest, open, self-deprecating' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'Readers could hardly wish for a wiser guide ... defiantly hopeful' Financial Times

The Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that capture history in the making, written by an author who was witness to some of the most remarkable moments that marked the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe. Timothy Garton Ash was there in Warsaw, on 4 June, when the communist government was humiliated by Solidarity in the first semi-free elections since the Second World War. He was there in Budapest, twelve days later, when Imre Nagy - thirty-one years after his execution - was finally given his proper funeral. He was there in Berlin, as the Wall opened. And most remarkable of all, he was there in Prague, in the back rooms of the Magic Lantern theatre, with Václav Havel and the members of Civic Forum, as they made their 'Velvet Revolution'.

In 1978 Timothy Garton Ash went to live in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later, by then internationally famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe, he returned to look at his Stasi file which bore the code-name 'Romeo'. Compiled by the East German secret police, with the assistance of both professional spies and ordinary people turned informer, it contained a meticulous record of his earlier life in Berlin.In this memoir, he describes rediscovering his younger self through the eyes of the Stasi, and then confronting those who had informed against him. Moving from document to remembrance, from the offices of Britain's own security service to the living rooms of retired Stasi officers, The File is a personal narrative as gripping, as disquieting, and as morally provocative as any fiction by George Orwell or Graham Greene. And it is all true.

Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish almost anything we like and potentially reach an audience of millions. Never was there a time when the evils of unlimited speech flowed so easily across frontiers: violent intimidation, gross violations of privacy, tidal waves of abuse. A pastor burns a Koran in Florida and UN officials die in Afghanistan.Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech. Across all cultural divides we must strive to agree on how we disagree. He draws on a thirteen-language global online project - freespeechdebate.com - conducted out of Oxford University and devoted to doing just that.With vivid examples, from his personal experience of China's Orwellian censorship apparatus to the controversy around Charlie Hebdo to a very English court case involving food writer Nigella Lawson, he proposes a framework for civilized conflict in a world where we are all becoming neighbours.

Europa. En personlig rejse bygger på et halvt århundredes rejser og erfaringer og fortæller historien om Europa i slutningen af det 20. og begyndelsen af det 21. århundrede. Det er historien om, hvordan vores verdensdel efter i 1945 at være sluppet fri af krigens helvede, langsomt rejste sig igen og blev genopbygget, befriet og forenet og nærmede sig idealet om at blive ”helt, frit og fredeligt”. Og derefter snublede. Bogen er fyldt med mennesker, samtaler og anekdoter, der fremstilles med menneskelighed, indsigt og engagement. Det er også en meget personlig beretning: Timothy Garton Ash har brugt en menneskealder på at studere og tænke over Europa, og denne bog er i sig selv fuld af levet liv, lige fra hans fars oplevelse af D-dag til sit eget møde med Frankrig som ung, interviews med polske værftsarbejdere, albanske guerillasoldater og vrede unge i Paris’ fattigste kvarterer, men også rådgivning af regeringsledere og præsidenter i Storbritannien, Europa og USA. Europa. En personlig rejse er både den enestående historie om en tid med større fremskridt end nogensinde og en klarsynet beretning om de mange ting, der gik galt, lige fra finanskrisen i 2008 til krigen i Ukraine. Den slutter med en stærk appel til alle det store, gamle kontinents borgere om at forstå og forsvare det, vi i fællesskab har udrettet. Timothy Garton Ash, født 1955, var 17 år, da Storbritannien blev medlem af det europæiske fællesskab i 1973, og 65 år da Storbritannien forlod EU i 2020. I den mellemliggende periode har han levet og åndet for europæisk politik, været vidne til nogle af de mest dramatiske begivenheder i Europas nyere historie, interviewet mange nøglefigurer og analyseret, hvordan livet har udviklet sig for helt almindelige europæere på tværs af kontinentet. Han er professor i europæiske studier ved universitet i Oxford og skribent for The Guardian. På dansk er tidligere udkommet Sagen Romeo (1998).

»Ett fartygsvarv i GdaDsk, en teater i Prag, en mur i Berlin, ett dödens fält i Krajina. Ralf, Václav, Bronek och Pierre. Annegret, Ró|a och alla dessa unga européer som Europas framtid kommer att hänga på.Segrarna och katastroferna, de tålmodiga landvinningarna och de dumma misstagen – inklusive mina egna. De stora männen som visade sig vara så små och de "vanliga" männen och kvinnorna som visade sig vara stora. De en gång exotiska länder som har blivit mina hemländer.«I Europa: En personlig historia ger den brittiske historikern Timothy Garton Ash ett unikt perspektiv på de möjligheter och utmaningar som präglar vår alltmer globaliserade värld. I fem decennier har han bevakat några av Europas mest dramatiska skeenden och intervjuat dess huvudpersoner – här summerar han sina intryck.Som en röd tråd genom berättelsen löper författarens reflektioner över betydelsen av hemhörighet och hur den påverkar våra identiteter. En bärande tanke han för fram är hur Sovjetunionens fall och Tysklands återförening ställt dessa frågor på sin spets och att de alltjämt förblir obesvarade.Utifrån både intellektuella resonemang och enskilda människors erfarenheter utforskar han de politiska och kulturella krafter som på olika sätt format vår kontinent. Den svenska utgåvan har kompletterats med ett nyskrivet kapitel om kriget i Ukraina.

»Ett fartygsvarv i GdaDsk, en teater i Prag, en mur i Berlin, ett dödens fält i Krajina. Ralf, Václav, Bronek och Pierre. Annegret, Ró|a och alla dessa unga européer som Europas framtid kommer att hänga på.Segrarna och katastroferna, de tålmodiga landvinningarna och de dumma misstagen – inklusive mina egna. De stora männen som visade sig vara så små och de "vanliga" männen och kvinnorna som visade sig vara stora. De en gång exotiska länder som har blivit mina hemländer.«I Europa: En personlig historia ger den brittiske historikern Timothy Garton Ash ett unikt perspektiv på de möjligheter och utmaningar som präglar vår alltmer globaliserade värld. I fem decennier har han bevakat några av Europas mest dramatiska skeenden och intervjuat dess huvudpersoner – här summerar han sina intryck.Som en röd tråd genom berättelsen löper författarens reflektioner över betydelsen av hemhörighet och hur den påverkar våra identiteter. En bärande tanke han för fram är hur Sovjetunionens fall och Tysklands återförening ställt dessa frågor på sin spets och att de alltjämt förblir obesvarade.Utifrån både intellektuella resonemang och enskilda människors erfarenheter utforskar han de politiska och kulturella krafter som på olika sätt format vår kontinent. Den svenska utgåvan har kompletterats med ett nyskrivet kapitel om kriget i Ukraina.

It has never been more important to understand the extraordinarily complex and tightly meshed history, geography, culture and politics of the European continent. As confidence in the post-war world order led by America and policed by NATO is shaken, as the US Trump administration cosies up to right-wing disruptors within Europe and the Russian dictator on its Eastern flank, the value of our nearest and closest neighbours is greater than ever. Garton Ash draws on a lifetime of reporting, analysis and consulting on Europe in this distilled and accessible, narrative driven and conversational introduction to what he calls the world’s oldest and newest continent. The methodology of Europe in 7 ½ Chapters will be that of a CT-scan, dividing this vast subject into thin thematic slices which elucidate the whole. And he will begin by looking at Europe from the outside, acknowledging the legacy of colonialism and cultural imperialism, as he assesses the continent’s past achievements and future prospects. This will be an indispensable travel companion and primer – thoughtful, surprising, and highly entertaining.

Kniga rasskazyvaet o sovremennoj istorii Evropy, nachinaja s okonchanija Vtoroj mirovoj vojny i do nashikh dnej. Eto tochnyj i jarkij obzor glavnykh etapov etoj istorii: itogi vojny - raskol na Zapad i Vostok - kurs na obedinenie, sozdanie i uspekhi ES - krizisy XXI veka. Avtor byl neposredstvennym svidetelem ili aktivnym uchastnikom bolshinstva vazhnykh sobytij poslednikh pjatidesjati let i blizko znakom s kljuchevymi figurami mirovoj istorii: Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Tetcher, Ioann Pavel II, Lekh Valensa, Vatslav Gavel, Gelmut Kol, Dzhordzh Bush - vot lish neskolko imen iz etogo obshirnogo spiska. Ot avtora: "...Eto istorija, proilljustrirovannaja memuarami. Ja opirajus na moi sobstvennye dnevniki, zapisnye knizhki, fotografii, vospominanija, na uvidennoe i uslyshannoe za poslednie polveka, a takzhe na vospominanija drugikh ljudej. Ja privozhu tsitaty iz moikh besed s evropejskimi liderami tam, gde eto pomogaet projasnit sut istoricheskikh sobytij, no ja pishu i o mnogochislennykh vstrechakh s tak nazyvaemymi prostymi ljudmi, kotorye chasto okazyvajutsja bolee primechatelnymi, nezheli ikh rukovoditeli". Timoti Garton Esh - proslavlennyj istorik i politolog, veduschij spetsialist po evropejskim issledovanijam, professor Oksfordskogo universiteta, nagrazhdennyj Mezhdunarodnoj premiej Karla Velikogo za vklad v obedinenie Evropy. Na russkom jazyke publikuetsja vpervye. Vsju svoju zhizn Timoti Garton Esh posvjatil izucheniju Evropy. Na protjazhenii mnogikh desjatiletij on na sobstvennom opyte postigal ee sudbu, byl svidetelem povorotnykh momentov v ee istorii. Kniga polna lichnykh vpechatlenij: vospominanija ottsa o vysadke v Normandii, shkolnaja poezdka vo Frantsiju po obmenu, obschenie s polskimi dokerami i albanskimi partizanami, besedy s premer-ministrami, kantslerami i prezidentami... Eto chestnyj razgovor o tom, chto posle perioda progressa i nadezhd mnogoe poshlo ne tak: ot finansovogo krizisa 2008 goda do vojny v Ukraine. "Evropa..." - nastojatelnyj prizyv k zhiteljam velikogo starogo kontinenta: osoznat i zaschitit to, chego my dostigli sovmestnymi usilijami. Timoti Snajder: "Nuzhnaja dlja Evropy kniga, napisannaja v nuzhnoe vremja. Dlja kontinenta, stol ocharovannogo svoim proshlym i stol nezamenimogo dlja nashego obschego buduschego, eto sochetanie vospominanij i razmyshlenij - idealnaja kniga dlja togo, chtoby prochest ee v nastojaschem. Prekrasno napisannyj trud Garton Esha povestvuet nam o toj Evrope, chto byla kogda-to, i o toj, kakoj ona esche mozhet stat." Nil Fergjuson: "Sila Garton Esha v tom, chto on vsegda derzhit v fokuse obscheevropejskuju kartinu... na dannyj moment on ostaetsja luchshim anglojazychnym issledovatelem sovremennoj Evropy." Sunday Times: "Neverojatno uvlekatelnaja kniga: vdumchivaja, chestnaja, otkrytaja, samokritichnaja. Avtor rasskazyvaet istoriju Evropy kontsa KHKh i nachala KHKHI veka - kak, vyjdja iz ada vojny v 1945 godu, ona medlenno vosstanavlivalas i perestraivalas, osvobozhdalas i obedinjalas, chtoby priblizitsja k idealu Evropy "edinoj, svobodnoj i mirnoj". A teper snova perezhivaet nelegkie vremena." Financial Times: "Nelzja i mechtat o bolee kompetentnom rasskazchike... kniga vyzyvajusche optimistichna." Perevod s anglijskogo Veniamina Andreeva i Kirilla Saveleva

"One of the most brilliant and illuminating interpreters of modern eastern Europe . . . a wonderfully vivid writer . . . He reaches the parts that others do not reach."--Richard Davy, The Times "The best single account of what happened--and why."--Newsweek The definitive account of Solidarity's spectacular rise and tragic fall . . . a book to set the record straight . . . amply documented, indispensable."--John Darnton, New York Times Book Review A brilliant eyewitness and analyst, Timothy Garton Ash in this book offers a gripping account of the Polish shipyard workers who defied their communist rulers in 1980. He describes the emergence of the improbable leader Lech Walesa, the ensuing tumult that culminated in martial law, and--for this updated edition--the fate of the Solidarity movement in subsequent years.