Timothy Garton Ash

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1) The file: a personal history

Author

Garton Ash, Timothy

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

2) The magic lantern: the revolution of '89 witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague

Author

Garton Ash, Timothy

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

1990

Language

English

3) Free speech: ten principles for a connected world

Author

Garton Ash, Timothy

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

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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...

4) Facts are subversive: political writing from a decade without a name

Author

Garton Ash, Timothy

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

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The author is well known as an astute and penetrating observer of a dazzling array of subjects, not least through his many contributions to the New York Review of Books. This collection of his essays from the last decade reveals his knack for ferreting out exceptional insights into a troubled world, often on the basis of firsthand experience. Whether he is writing about how "liberalism" has become a dirty word in American political discourse, the...