{"product_id":"the-magic-lantern-the-revolution-of-89-witnessed-in-warsaw-budapest-berlin-and-prague-paperback","title":"The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTimothy Garton Ash\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Magic Lantern\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those rare books that define a historic moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland's first free parliamentary elections--in which Solidarity found itself in the position of trying to limit the scope of its victory--or sitting in at the meetings of an unlikely coalition of bohemian intellectuals and Catholic clerics orchestrating the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Garton Ash writes with enormous sympathy and power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is a stunningly evocative portrait of the revolutions that swept Communism from Eastern Europe in 1989 and whose aftereffects are still being felt today. As Garton Ash writes in an incisive new afterword, from the perspective of three decades later: \"Freedom's battle is never finally won. It must be fought anew in every generation.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Magic Lantern is one of those rare books that define a history moment, written by a brilliant witness who was also a participant in epochal events. Whether covering Poland's first free parliamentary elections--in which Solidarity found itself in the position of trying to limit the scope of its victory--or sitting in at the meetings of an unlikely coalition of bohemian intellectuals and Catholic clerics orchestrating the liberation of Czechoslovakia, Garton Ash writes with sympathy and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTimothy Garton Ash is the author of ten books of \"history of the present\" which have explored many facets of Europe over the last half-century. He is Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He also writes a column on international affairs in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is widely syndicated, and is a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, amongst other journals. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe File: A Personal History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided Continent \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFree Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World\u003c\/i\u003e. Awards he has received for his writing include the International Charlemagne Prize and the George Orwell Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Lantern, \u003c\/i\u003e originally published in 1990, has been translated into twenty languages\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 1993\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978539204909,"sku":"9780679740483","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/bzRaQjl0ZWRTUTZmWExSelhQdEJUQT09.webp?v=1775805701","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-magic-lantern-the-revolution-of-89-witnessed-in-warsaw-budapest-berlin-and-prague-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}