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Best of Times, Worst of Times : Memoirs of a Political Education

By Walter Laqueur

Book information

Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781584658801, 9781584657989
LCC
D15
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
616 kB (631030 bytes)
Series
The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry Ser.
Pages
249\0
Time added
2023-08-04 00:03:46
-- 1921-2018.LaqueurWalter

Description

Walter Laqueur has been writing and teaching for over six decades, primarily in the fields of twentieth century history and politics, always as a shrewd and thoughtful generalist in an age of specialization. In this engaging memoir, Laqueur focuses on the political and historical events that shaped his thinking and that have inspired his intellectual work throughout his life. He discusses living and attending school under Nazism; Marxism, the Soviet Union, and the part he played in Cold War politics; and the image his generation had of Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East. Laqueur shares his views on beltway politics and think tanks, and concludes with a look at guerrilla warfare and terrorism, and the future of Europe.

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