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,andHistory 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.

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 EditionMapsFree World [...]NotesAcknowledgments Index