Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly the details of the episode have escaped historians' scrutiny. In this gripping account of the ideological clash between…
In the United States at the height of the Cold War, roughly between the end of World War II and the early 1980s, a new project of redefining rationality commanded the attention of sharp minds, powerful politicians, wealthy foundations, and top military brass. The authors illumin…
How Europe emerged from the catastrophe of fascism and world war after 1945 -- and how we got to where we are now Essential reading for all those interested in the history of Europe in the twentieth century -- and the question of where we are heading in the century to come Point…