Reappraisals [antikvár]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSWith few exceptions these essays were written at the invitation of a journal or newspaper editor. So much the better: left to himself, an authoror at any rate, this authorwould in all likelihood stick to familiar material. So I am grateful to those who over the years have urged me to address fresh subjects in unfamiliar formats and milieux: Michael Handelsaltz of HaAretz, Adam Shatz (formerly at The Nation, now The London Review of Books), Mary-Kay Wilmers {The London Review of Books), Leon Wieseltier {The New Republic), and Fareed Zakaria (formerly at Foreign Affairs, now-with Newsw.eek International). I owe special thanks, once more, to Robert Silvers of The New York Review of Books, who emboldened me to write about United States foreign policy and who was the first to encourage me to address the problem of Israel.It is a pleasure once again to express my gratitude to Sarah Chalfant and Andrew Wylie at The Wylie Agency for their advice and encouragement, and to Scott Moyers at the Penguin Press for his continuing support and interest. This book is dedicated to the memory of Annie Kriegel and George Lichtheim, two outstanding historians, polemicists, and interpreters of their century: she in Paris, he in London. Without