Free World: America, Europe, and the Surprising Future of the West - Hardcover

Ash, Timothy Garton; Garton Ash, Timothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1400062195 ISBN 13: 9781400062195

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2004

Synopsis

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. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

"A powerful and morally compelling tract, not merely for our times but for the next half-century." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Unlike so much of the current rash of books seeking to make sense of the post-Communist world, Free World is totally engaging. . . . It will be of great use to anyone seeking to make sense of what is going on today." -"The New York Times Book Review"
"Fascinating. . . . Eloquent. . . . A model of common-sense reasoning." -"The New York Times"
"Stirring. . . . This extraordinarily astute and beautifully written book will take its place as a classic in the field." -"Foreign Affairs"

A powerful and morally compelling tract, not merely for our times but for the next half-century. Los Angeles Times Book Review
Unlike so much of the current rash of books seeking to make sense of the post-Communist world, Free World is totally engaging. . . . It will be of great use to anyone seeking to make sense of what is going on today. The New York Times Book Review
Fascinating. . . . Eloquent. . . . A model of common-sense reasoning. The New York Times
Stirring. . . . This extraordinarily astute and beautifully written book will take its place as a classic in the field. Foreign Affairs"

About the Author:

TIMOTHY GARTON ASH is the author of seven previous books of political writing and the “history of the present,” which have charted the transformation of Europe over the last quarter century. They include The Polish Revolution, The Uses of Adversity, The Magic Lantern, The File, and History of the Present. He is currently director of the European Studies Centre at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His essays appear regularly in The New York Review of Books and he writes a column in the Guardian that is syndicated across Europe and the Americas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1400062195
• ISBN 13: 9781400062195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286