by Timothy Garton Ash · Hanser · tapa dura · ISBN 9783446197589
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«Zeit der Freiheit. Aus den Zentren von Mitteleuropa» is the historical essay book by Timothy Garton Ash, published by Hanser in hardback (499 pages).
Collection of essays and reportage on Central Europe at the end of the twentieth century. The work addresses the transition to democratic regimes and free societies and the values of the open society. Garton Ash combines direct testimony with political analysis to portray a decisive decade.
German edition translated from English by Susanne Hornfeck and others. Original title: 'History of the Present: Essays, Sketches and Despatches from Europe, 1990-1999'.
For those interested in the recent history of Central Europe and in narrative journalism with a political basis.
Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'.
