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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Russian-german Attitudes -- Chapter 2: 'De Morebus Ruthenorum' -- Chapter 3: We are Bigger People than the Germans' -- Chapter 4: The Rise of National Socialism Part I: Hitler's Mentors -- Chapter 5: The Rise of National Socialism Part II: The Elders of Zion -- Chapter 6: The Rise of National Socialism Part III: Prologue to the Final Solution -- Chapter 7: Between Moscow and Weimar -- Chapter 8: Hitler and Russia 1923-33 -- Chapter 9: Nazi Policy and The Soviet Union 1933-38 -- Chapter 10: Anti-komintern -- Chapter 11: Nazism in the Soviet Mirror -- Chapter 12: Days of Wrath 1939-63 -- Chapter 13: Stalin and Hitler -- Chapter 14: Russia, Germany, and The Future -- Appendix: The Hidden Hand -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Europe in Decline (But Not Yet Finished) -- Europe-Th e Years Ahead -- Better Fifty Years of Europe than a Cycle of Cathay (Locksley Hall) -- No Abyss, No Apocalypse -- Islamic Fascism, Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism: A Postscript -- Lessons from Oslo -- The Refugees are Coming -- Muslims in Europe -- "An Anxious Continent" Spiegel Interview, July 26, 2013 -- Chapter 2: Jews in the Twentieth Century -- Degenerate Art and the Jewish Grandmother -- The Terrible Secret: A Second Look -- Love in the Shadow of Death -- The Scholems -- On Russian Jewry Today -- Timothy Snyder: Th e Newton of the Holocaust? -- The Walter Benjamin Brigade -- Hitler's Jews: Max von Oppenheim and the Myth of German Jewish Guilt -- Oppenheim Biographer Lionel Gossman Responds to Walter Laqueur's Review -- Chapter 3: Russia after the Soviet Union -- Détente Plus? How Should the West Deal with Russia? -- The Russian Enigma: Is the Bear Turning East? -- Anti-Semitism and the New Russian Idea -- Confabulation? -- Russian Nationalism: Going Back to the Roots -- The Russian Party under the Soviets -- Central Asia-Toward 2050 -- Toward a New Russian Ideology -- Author's Postscript -- Chapter 4: Observations -- Cyber Warfare -- Nazi Germany: Secret Reports? -- Who Needs Geography? -- Luethy and Brecht: Martyrdom in Hollywood -- Megaloglossa -- Old Age -- A Historical Education: A Wanderer between Several Worlds -- Notes -- Bibliography

part Part 1: Optimism in Politics -- chapter Optimism in Politics -- chapter Th e Marxism Renaissance -- chapter Re? ections on the Next Revolution -- chapter On Youth Movements (1970) -- chapter Young Germany -- part Part 2: Europe -- chapter Preface -- chapter European Futures -- chapter Night Th oughts on Europe -- chapter Europe United: An Essay in Counterfactual History (April 1, 2012) -- part Part 3: Middle East: Th e Arab Spring -- chapter Preface -- chapter Th e Arab Spring -- chapter Arab Autumn -- chapter Revolution in the Middle East? -- chapter Cassandra in Cairo -- chapter An Interview -- part Part 4: Israel and Jewish A? airs -- chapter Th e New Million -- chapter Th e Kibbutz at 100 -- chapter Recollections of Jerusalem -- chapter Bloodlands—Th e Snyder Version -- chapter George Mosse: Berlin to Madison -- chapter Guttentag: Breslau to Cochabamba -- chapter Th e Kaiser's Spy, Jihad, and the Jewish Nazis -- part Part 5: Departure and Arrival -- chapter Preface -- chapter 1938 1938.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Prelude: 1945-58 -- 3 The Neutralization of the Northern Tier -- 4 Russia, Zionism, Israel -- 5 The Soviet Union and the Arab World -- 6 Oil for the Lamps of Eastern Europe? -- 7 Trade and Aid -- 8 The Soviet Military Presence -- 9 Communism, Maoism, Arab Socialism -- 10 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Documents -- Index.

"First published in the 1980s, The Political Psychology of Appeasement contains some of the most influential political journalism of the 1970s. The author, a leading contemporary historian and commentator on international affairs, provides an incisive critique of the weaknesses and inconsistencies of U.S. foreign policy in the 1970s as well as a diagnosis of the malaise of Western Europe. Laqueur's essays range from the subject of Finlandization to the problems of peace in the Middle East and the origins of political terrorism. To each of these areas he brings a deep and compassionate sensibility, the knowledge of a professional historian, and the sharp eye of an experienced journalist. Not only is Laqueur a global thinker, but his thought is undergirded by the experiences of world travel and an intimate knowledge of world leaders. Most of this book's essays are pessimistic because the author addresses his topics bluntly and pragmatically. Many of Laqueur's predictions have been borne out by subsequent events. As he ruefully says in his original preface, there is nothing so conducive to lack of popularity than to be right prematurely. Made timeless by their insightful honesty, his essays teach us about the art of political appeasement and prediction in the modern geopolitical landscape."--Provided by publisher.

"There is no question that tensions between Russia and America are on the rise. The forced annexation of Crimea, the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17, and the Russian government's treatment of homosexuals have created diplomatic standoffs and led to a volley of economic sanctions. Much of the blame for Russia's recent hostility towards the West has fallen on steely-eyed President Vladimir Putin, and Americans have begun to wonder if they are witnessing the rebirth of Cold War-style dictatorship. Not so fast, argues veteran historian Walter Laqueur. For two decades Laqueur has been ahead of the curve, predicting events in post-Soviet Russia with uncanny accuracy. In Putinism, he deftly demonstrates how three long-standing pillars of Russian ideology: a strong belief in the Orthodox Church, a sense of Eurasian 'manifest destiny,' and a fear of foreign enemies, continue to exert a powerful influence on the Russian populace. As a result, Putin may well be much more a servant of his people than we think. Topical and provocative, Putinism contains much more than historical analysis. Looking to the future, Laqueur explains how the tendency to view Russia as a Cold War relic is dangerous and premature. Russia can, and will, continue to challenge the West so it is in our best interest to figure out exactly who it is we are facing--and what they want--before it is too late"--

"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 into five main areas: optimism in politics, the topic that unites this volume; Europe; the Arab Spring; Israel and Jewish affairs; and recollections of the past. This volume addresses an increasingly important question: How much optimism do we need in politics? Some neuroscientists believe that many of our assessments rest on an excess of optimism amounting to a dangerous bias. Another school of cognitive scientists sees the main danger in being influenced too much by negative conclusions. Although these competing perspectives have been only rarely investigated, Laqueur argues that such psychological factors play a decisive role in the assessment of political trends, and they should. Laqueur also reminds readers that there is a connection between writing history and commenting on current affairs, but it is not remotely as close and simple as often thought. The idea that the historian is somehow better qualified than others to interpret the present, let alone predict the future, is certainly not borne out by the evidence. Some great historians have been good and reliable political commentators, others have been miserable failures. Laqueur definitely falls in the former camp, as these reflections attest"--Publisher's description

Provides insight into Europe's current political and financial crisis, citing such factors as dependence on foreign oil and a lack of a unified foreign policy and making predictions about future prospects while explaining the role of Europe's success in American security