The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south,
with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation.
Since the Cold War ended and these borders came down, Europe has
transformed itself. But we cannot consign the tensions and
restrictions of the past to history. At a time when Russia is once
again making war and when divisions elsewhere in Europe are on the
rise, these old fault lines have new resonance. What do the Curtain
and the Wall mean today? What have they left in their wake? In this
major new book, Timothy Phillips travels the route of the Iron
Curtain from deep inside the Arctic Circle to the meeting point of
Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. He explores the borderlands where
the clash of civilisations was at its most intense between 1945 and
1989, and where the world's most powerful ideologies became
tangible in reinforced concrete and barbed wire. He looks at the
new Europe that emerged from the ruins. The people he meets bear
vivid witness to times of change. There are those who look back on
the Cold War with nostalgia and affection. Others despise it,
unable to forgive the hard and sometimes lost decades that their
families, friends and nations endured. In these historic landscapes
lie buried many of the seeds of our world's current disputes - over
borders, and about belonging and the meaning of progress. The
Curtain and the Wall transports the reader across 5,000 kilometres
of Europe and through eight decades, to show how one of the
defining stories of the 20th century continues to shape our world
today.
General
| Imprint: |
Granta Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| Authors: |
Timothy Phillips
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| Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
480 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78378-578-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-78378-578-0 |
| Barcode: |
9781783785780 |
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