"An encyclopedic amount of information is analyzed with considerable wisdom and a felicitous style."--Simon Serfaty, Johns Hopkins Univ. Laqueur presents a fascinating overview of post-war Europe, providing detailed analyses that cover every major political development, economic and social trends, a[...]

Provides an illuminating study of the growing anti-Semitism sweeping the world, offering a comprehensive history of the phenomenon and analyzing the origins, rationale, manifestations, and implications of the current growth of anti-Semitism.[...]

In Brussels in 2004, more than 55 percent of the children born were of immigrant parents
Half of all female scientists in Germany are childless
According to a poll in 2005, more than 40 percent of British Muslims said Jews were a legitimate target for terrorist attacks

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Walter Laqueur is one of the shrewdest and the most perceptive historians of terrorism today. Drawing on his extensive knowledge and research, he now turns his attention to modern terrorism and prophesies how it will develop in the century to come. While the destruction of the World Trade Center and[...]

Walter Laqueur was one of the few experts who predicted Europe's current financial and political crisis when he wrote "The Last Days of Europe" six years ago. Now this master historian takes readers inside the European crisis that he foresaw. Ravaged by the world economic meltdown, increasingly depe[...]

Renowned historian and international scholar Walter Laqueur offers a sweeping survey of writing on one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: the use of violence as a tool for political change. From ancient Roman tyrannicides and French revolutionaries to the Weathermen and Osama Bin La[...]