About this title: A journalist renowned for his coverage of the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe produces a gripping personal account of state surveillance and individual betrayal in Cold War Germany.
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679777854ISBN:0679777857
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1998-09-29
ISBN-13:9780679777854ISBN:0679777857
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679777854ISBN:0679777857
Description: "Eloquent, aware and scrupulous...a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past. "--The New York Times In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780679777854ISBN:0679777857
Description: Very Good in Paperback jacket. 8vo. pp. [2] 259. "In 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 ... read more
"- Confusing start with timeline, terms, names, places - Improved when he talked about each person he went back to visit - Thought I was educated and well-read, but some of the terms and references in the book made me feel quite ignorant - I felt like an intellectual light-weight - Although it did not captivate me, it did help me understand why the informants did what they did and how ordinary people could get manipulated/corrupted and by extension how they could have their good intentions perverted - Philosophical question about spying in democracy vs in a police state (how much is too much?) didn't get sufficient discussion - Didn't get how he felt about being spied upon as strongly and clearly as I would have liked - Would be interested in reading The Magic Lantern by TGA"
"A fascinating topic and well developed. Makes me want to see my own Stasi file (which I'm quite sure existed) from my own time in East Germany in the early 80s."
"The author uses big words and extra long sentences to try and prove how smart he is. He drops names of obscure writers and philosophers into the text assuming that everyone has heard of them. C'mon buddy. I'm reading this book to get an idea of how the Stasi worked in East Germany and how they affected your life personally. It's not to bone up on my obscure European writer trivia, that's for sure.
When he finally gets to the interviews with the former Stasi officers, I found the book very interesting."
"I have a fascination with the former East Germany, so this book naturally took me. In the mid-nineties Garton Ash reads his file the Stasi kept on him. In an attempt to understand why acquaintances informed on him, Garton Ash confronts them. The book has its high points and low points, but is an good look at an country and system I find fascinating."
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