Timothy Garton Ash

Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator who is one of the most influential writers on European politics and history of the past four decades. He is Professor of European Studies at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His work has chronicled the transformation of Europe from the Cold War through the enlargement of the EU to the crises of the present day. Europe in 7 1/2 Chapters is his personal and analytical account of the European project — its achievements, failures, crises and future possibilities. Drawing on decades of reporting, analysis and personal experience, Garton Ash offers a sweeping yet intimate portrait of what Europe has been, what it is and what it might become. Available as both a book and an audiobook, Europe in 7 1/2 Chapters offers essential listening and reading for anyone who wants to understand modern Europe from one of the most knowledgeable and eloquent observers of the continent.