"We, the free, face a daunting opportunity. Previous generations could only dream of a free world. Now we can begin to make it." In his welcome alternative to the rampant pessimism about Euro-American relations, award-winning historian Timothy Garton Ash shares an inspiring vision for how the United States and Europe can collaborate to promote a free world. At the start of the twenty-first century, the West has plunged into crisis. Europe tries to define itself in opposition to America, and America increasingly regards Europe as troublesome and irrelevant. What is to become of what we used to…mehr
"We, the free, face a daunting opportunity. Previous generations could only dream of a free world. Now we can begin to make it." In his welcome alternative to the rampant pessimism about Euro-American relations, award-winning historian Timothy Garton Ash shares an inspiring vision for how the United States and Europe can collaborate to promote a free world. At the start of the twenty-first century, the West has plunged into crisis. Europe tries to define itself in opposition to America, and America increasingly regards Europe as troublesome and irrelevant. What is to become of what we used to call "the free world"? Part history, part manifesto, Free World offers both a scintillating assessment of our current geopolitical quandary and a vitally important argument for the future of liberty and the shared values of the West.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Timothy Garton Ash is the author of seven previous books of political writing and “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 the Professor of European Studies at the University of 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.
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To the Reader PART ONE CRISIS A Crisis of the West Chapter One • Janus Britain Putney—Island world, world island — Janus between Europe and America — Four strategies — Churchill and Churchillisms — The Blair bridge project —S o now? Chapter Two • Europe as Not-America A Nation is proclaimed — Five hundred million characters in search of an Other — Gaullism versus Churchillism — German emotions — Is Europe better than America? — Euroatlanticism — A power for what? Chapter Three • America, the Powerful Inside the giant — A tale of two new Europes — European Americans at work — Unilateralism — War — Return to a new starting point — Partner? Chapter Four • The New Red Armies Terror against hope — Near East — Far East — Rich North, poor South — Humans threaten Earth — Together? Crisis as Opportunity PART TWO OPPORTUNITY Twenty Years and a Thousand Million Citizens Chapter Five • Britain Finds Its Role Chapter Six • What Europe Can Be Chapter Seven • Uncle Sam Chapter Eight • Toward a Free World What Can We Do? Afterword to the Vintage Edition Maps Free World Web.Net Notes Acknowledgments Index
To the Reader PART ONE CRISIS A Crisis of the West Chapter One • Janus Britain Putney—Island world, world island — Janus between Europe and America — Four strategies — Churchill and Churchillisms — The Blair bridge project —S o now? Chapter Two • Europe as Not-America A Nation is proclaimed — Five hundred million characters in search of an Other — Gaullism versus Churchillism — German emotions — Is Europe better than America? — Euroatlanticism — A power for what? Chapter Three • America, the Powerful Inside the giant — A tale of two new Europes — European Americans at work — Unilateralism — War — Return to a new starting point — Partner? Chapter Four • The New Red Armies Terror against hope — Near East — Far East — Rich North, poor South — Humans threaten Earth — Together? Crisis as Opportunity PART TWO OPPORTUNITY Twenty Years and a Thousand Million Citizens Chapter Five • Britain Finds Its Role Chapter Six • What Europe Can Be Chapter Seven • Uncle Sam Chapter Eight • Toward a Free World What Can We Do? Afterword to the Vintage Edition Maps Free World Web.Net Notes Acknowledgments Index
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