Preface * A Surfeit of Politics; or, Why I Would Have Preferred the Nineteenth Century * Growing Up under the Nazis; or, Why One Had to Be There to Understand It * Marxism, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War; or, The Dream That Failed * The Downfall and Partial Resurgence of the Soviet Empire; or, The Strange Fortunes of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, "Finlandization," and Putinism * A Middle East Education; or, Reflections on Arabia, Israel, Zionism, and Antisemitism * Think Tanks and Political Intelligence; or, Why It Is So Difficult to Predict * Guerrilla Warfare and Terrorism; or, What Systematic Study and Theory Can Mean * Europe, 1945- 2008; or, A Short Study in Hope and Frustration * Postface * Works by Walter Laqueur * Index.