Timothy Garton Ash, geboren 1955, lehrt Zeitgeschichte am St. Antony's College in Oxford und schreibt regelmäßig für verschiedene amerikanische und europäische Zeitschriften.
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
