Best of times, worst of times : memoirs of a political education / / Walter Laqueur

• Autore: Laqueur Walter <1921->
• Pubblicazione: Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press; Hanover, : University Press of New England, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.9092; B
• Soggetto topico: Historians - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: "Works by Walter Laqueur": p. [225]-227.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Predict ; 7 | 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
• Sommario/riassunto: A memoir by a prominent and highly respected historian and political commentator
• Titolo autorizzato: Best of times, worst of times
• ISBN: 1-282-47301-8; 9786612473012; 1-58465-880-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971645603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry series.