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Freedom : memoirs 1954 - 2021  Cover Image Book Book

Freedom : memoirs 1954 - 2021 / Angela Merkel, with Beate Baumann ; translators, Alice Tetley-Paul, Jamie Lee Searle, Jo Heinrich, Lucy Jones, Ruth Martin, Sharon Howe, Shaun Whiteside, Simon Pare.

Merkel, Angela, 1954- (author.). Baumann, Beate, (author.). Heinrich, Jo, (translator.). Howe, Sharon, (translator.). Jones, Lucy (Translator), (translator.). Martin, Ruth (Translator), (translator.). Pare, Simon, (translator.). Romanelli, Jamie Searle, (translator.). Tetley-Paul, Alice, (translator.). Whiteside, Shaun, (translator.).

Summary:

Angela Merkel looks back on her life in two German states--35 years in the GDR (German Democratic Republic), 35 years in reunified Germany. She shares insights into her meetings and conversations with the world's most powerful leaders and elucidates and how decisions were made that shape our times. This book is a unique insight into the inner workings of power--and is a decisive plea for freedom.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250319906 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 709 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024.
Subject: Merkel, Angela, 1954-
Political leadership > Germany > History > 21st century.
Prime ministers > Germany > Biography.
Women prime ministers > Germany > Biography.
Germany > Biography.
Germany > Foreign relations > 21st century.
Germany > Politics and government > 1990-
Genre: Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    A former leader of Germany offers a long-awaited memoir. Illustrations.
  • McMillan Palgrave

    The New York Times and USA Today bestseller

    For sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states—East Germany until 1990, and reunified Germany thereafter. How did she, coming from the East, rise to the top of the Christian Democratic Union to become the first woman to hold the office of chancellor? And how did she then become one of the most powerful heads of government in the Western world? What guided her?

    In Freedom, Angela Merkel recounts daily life in the chancellor’s office as well as the dramatic days and nights when she made far-reaching decisions in Berlin, Brussels, and beyond. She traces the long lines of change in international cooperation and reveals the pressure politicians face when seeking solutions to complex problems in a globalized world. Here, she takes us behind the scenes of international politics, demonstrating both the importance of personal conversations and, crucially, their limits.

    Reflecting on politics in a time of increasing confrontation and division, Angela Merkel’s memoir offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power—and is a determined and timely plea for freedom.


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