Uses of Adversity: Essays on the Fate of Central Europe

by Timothy Garton Ash

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The Uses of Adversity illuminates the historic changes that came about in Central Europe during the 1980s. Travelling behind the Iron Curtain, talking to dissidents and ordinary people, Ash discovered the underground movements that would erupt in 1989.

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I have only read this time the parts pertaining to Hungary. I bought this book when it came out. Then, 1989, it was "Current Affairs". Now it is part of History. The rate of historical change during the 20th Century is astounding. (

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La Chaudière. Europe centrale, 1980-1990

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1990-11-13 (1e traduction et édition française ∙ Témoins ∙ Gallimard)

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Traduction de : The Uses of adversity : essays on the fate of Central Europe
Traduction de : We the people : the Revolution of '89 witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague

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The Uses of Adversity illuminates the historic changes that came about in Central Europe during the 1980s. Travelling behind the Iron Curtain, talking to dissidents and ordinary people, Ash discovered the underground movements that would erupt in 1989.

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