Essays on the political flwering in Poland and Hungary, in Czechoslovakia and East Germany, and on the decline of the Soviet empire in Eastern Europe and the rise of West German influence in Middle Europe.

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Sketches from another Germany -- Comrade brecht -- The pope in Poland -- Czechoslovakia under the ice -- The German question -- The uses of adversity -- The life of death -- A Hungarian lesson -- A few ideas ... Nothing new! -- East-west Divan -- Does central Europe exist? -- Pre-spring -- The prague advertisement -- Reform or revolution? -- Notebook -- Refolution.