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Walter zeev laqueur born 26 may 1921 is an american historian and political commentator. In light of the events in the us presidential election, the mad concerns about the search for an organic russian idea, this is a great mess of a book that by no means should be anyones first book on russia. Walter laqueur is the author of, among other books, weimar, a history of terrorism, fascism. Putins authoritarian rule and his handling of the west. This is a great mess of a book that by no means should be anyones first book on russia.
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His books include the last days of europe, putinism, after the fall and, with christopher wall, the future of terrorism. Walter laqueur was born in breslau, lower silesia, germany today wroclaw, poland, into a jewish family. Walter laqueur, a german jew who fled adolf hitler and became one of the preeminent intellectuals of his generation, with seminal books dissecting events that shaped the 20th century as. His books have been translated into many languages. Walter laqueur, who fled nazi germany as a teenager and, without a college degree, became a distinguished scholar of the holocaust, the collapse of the soviet union, european decline. From the french revolution to the establishment of the state of israel, and the changing face of antisemitism.
Walter laqueur has 104 books on goodreads with 7651 ratings. Much of the blame for russias recent hostility towards the west has fallen on steelyeyed president vladimir putin and americans have begun to wonder if they are witnessing the rebirth of cold warstyle dictatorship. Walter laqueur deals with the phenomenon of putinism. In 1938, he left germany, immigrating to the british mandate of palestine. A history of zionism by laqueur, walter, 1921publication date 1972 topics zionism publisher. Laqueur, who has studied russia for more than 60 years and has written more than 25 books, does not fall for the easy traps. See all books authored by walter laqueur, including a history of zionism. The contemporary historian and journalist walter laqueur, who has died aged 97, made the great issues of the past century accessible to a wide readership in the almost 100 book titles that. His own experience of political upheaval started with fleeing nazi germany as a teenager. He was also a professor at georgetown university and is the author of more than 25 books including after the fall 2012.
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