Collected essays / By George Lichtheim.

Cont.: [1.] There'll always be an England: Winston Churchill -sketch for a portrait -- Postimperial Britain -- From the ruins of empire -- Shaw, the Webbs, and the Labour Party -- Prometheus unbound -- Hobsbawm's choice -- A settled habit of behavior -- The birth of a philosopher -- The illusionist -- [2.] America seen from a distance: The politics of 1970 -- The private philosophy -- The new science: "Is there a sociologist in the house?" -- The triumph of the fact -- Bridging the gap -- The romance of Max Eastman -- [3.] Parisian impressions: De Gaulle -a summing up -- Leninism à la Française -- Catching up with history -- The nouvelle frontier -- When the light failed -- A French view of Israel -- [4.] Europe in decline: European civilization -- Taylor's Germany -- On the rim of the volcano -- The concept of social class --