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Optimism in Politics Reflections on Contemporary History

276 Pages

by Routledge

274 Pages

by Routledge

272 Pages

by Routledge

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This new collection by Walter Laqueur, one of the most distinguished historians and political commentators of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, vividly brings to life his perspective on fifty years of political life. The essays in this volume deal with events ranging from more than seventy years ago to some that have not yet happened, but may in years to come. Laqueur divides his writings... Read more

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part 1: Optimism in Politics
Optimism in Politics
The Marxism Renaissance
Reflections on the Next Revolution
On Youth Movements (1970)
Young Germany

Part 2: Europe
Preface
European Futures
Night Thoughts on Europe
Europe United: An Essay in Counterfactual History (April 1, 2012)

Part 3: Middle East: The Arab Spring
Preface
The Arab Spring
Arab Autumn
Revolution in the Middle East?
Cassandra in Cairo
An Interview

Part 4: Israel and Jewish Affairs
The New Million
The Kibbutz at 100
Recollections of Jerusalem
Bloodlands The Snyder Version
George Mosse: Berlin to Madison
Guttentag: Breslau to Cochabamba
The Kaiser's Spy, Jihad, and the Jewish Nazis

Part 5: Departure and Arrival
Preface
1938
Homecoming (1963)
Caucasian Diary

Index