LEADER 02686nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910780829003321 005 20230207231052.0 010 $a1-282-47301-8 010 $a9786612473012 010 $a1-58465-880-0 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008979 035 $a(EBL)1084887 035 $a(OCoLC)667077813 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433594 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11276825 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433594 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10390888 035 $a(PQKB)10674412 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1084887 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10023 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1084887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10355629 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL247301 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008979 100 $a20090410d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBest of times, worst of times$b[electronic resource] $ememoirs of a political education /$fWalter Laqueur 210 $aWaltham, Mass. $cBrandeis University Press ;$aHanover $cUniversity Press of New England$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aThe Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-58465-798-7 320 $a"Works by Walter Laqueur": p. [225]-227. 327 $aTitle 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 Predict 327 $a7 | 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; Index 330 $aA memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentator 410 0$aTauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series. 606 $aHistorians$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aHistorians 676 $a973.9092 676 $aB 700 $aLaqueur$b Walter$f1921-2018.$01135111 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780829003321 996 $aBest of times, worst of times$93694830 997 $aUNINA