02686nam 2200601Ia 450 991078082900332120230207231052.01-282-47301-897866124730121-58465-880-0(CKB)2520000000008979(EBL)1084887(OCoLC)667077813(SSID)ssj0000433594(PQKBManifestationID)11276825(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433594(PQKBWorkID)10390888(PQKB)10674412(MiAaPQ)EBC1084887(MdBmJHUP)muse10023(Au-PeEL)EBL1084887(CaPaEBR)ebr10355629(CaONFJC)MIL247301(EXLCZ)99252000000000897920090410d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBest of times, worst of times[electronic resource] memoirs of a political education /Walter LaqueurWaltham, Mass. Brandeis University Press ;Hanover University Press of New Englandc20091 online resource (249 p.)The Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry seriesIncludes index.1-58465-798-7 "Works by Walter Laqueur": p. [225]-227.Title Page; Contents; Preface; 1 | A Surfeit of Politics: or, Why I Would Have Preferred the Nineteenth Century; 2 | Growing Up under the Nazis: or, Why One Had to Be There to Understand It; 3 | Marxism, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War: or, The Dream That Failed; 4 | The Downfall and Partial Resurgence of the Soviet Empire: or, The Strange Fortunes of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, "Finlandization," and Putinism; 5 | A Middle East Education: or, Reflections on Arabia, Israel, Zionism, and Antisemitism; 6 | Think Tanks and Political Intelligence: or, Why It Is So Difficult to Predict7 | Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism: or, What Systematic Study and Theory Can Mean8 | Europe, 1945- 2008: or, A Short Study in Hope and Frustration; Postface; Works by Walter Laqueur; IndexA memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentatorTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series.HistoriansUnited StatesBiographyHistorians973.9092BLaqueur Walter1921-2018.1135111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780829003321Best of times, worst of times3694830UNINA