{"product_id":"the-file-a-personal-history-paperback","title":"The File: A Personal History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Garton Ash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Eloquent, aware and scrupulous . . . a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past.\" --The New York Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later Timothy Garton Ash--who was by then famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe--returned. This time he had come to look at a file that bore the code-name \"Romeo.\" The file had been compiled by the Stasi, the East German secret police, with the assistance of dozens of informers. And it contained a meticulous record of Garton Ash's earlier life in Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this memoir, Garton Ash describes what it was like to rediscover his younger self through the eyes of the Stasi, and then to go on to confront those who actually informed against him to the secret police. Moving from document to remembrance, from the offices of British intelligence to the living rooms of retired Stasi officers, The File is a personal narrative as gripping, as disquieting, and as morally provocative as any fiction by George Orwell or Graham Greene. And it is all true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In this painstaking, powerful unmasking of evil, the wretched face of tyranny is revealed.\" --Philadelphia Inquirer\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEloquent, aware and scrupulous . . . a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past. --The New York Times \u003cbr\u003eIn 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later Timothy Garton Ash--who was by then famous for his reportage of the downfall of communism in Central Europe--returned. This time he had come to look at a file that bore the code-name \"Romeo.\" The file had been compiled by the Stasi, the East German secret police, with the assistance of dozens of informers. And it contained a meticulous record of Garton Ash's earlier life in Berlin. \u003cbr\u003eIn this memoir, Garton Ash describes what it was like to rediscover his younger self through the eyes of the Stasi, and then to go on to confront those who actually informed against him to the secret police. Moving from document to remembrance, from the offices of British intelligence to the living rooms of retired Stasi officers, The File is a personal narrative as gripping, as disquieting, and as morally provocative as any fiction by George Orwell or Graham Greene. And it is all true. \u003cbr\u003e\"In this painstaking, powerful unmasking of evil, the wretched face of tyranny is revealed.\" --Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Garton Ash is a Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. Celebrated for his essays in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Polish Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Somerset Maugham Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Uses of Adversity, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Prix Européen de l'Essai;\u003ci\u003e In Europe's Name\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e, his eyewitness account of the Central European revolutions of 1989, which has been translated into fourteen languages. He lives in Oxford with his wife and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.02 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 29, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756919193888,"sku":"9780679777854","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fad6e9a5eb6c5d0b6b1ce00abaeb0598.webp?v=1780089204","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-file-a-personal-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}