Gustav Seibt is one of the ‘wordsmiths’ of German journalism. A historian and journalist who has won many awards for his work, Seibt is known for his unswerving humanist liberal attitudes, his wide-ranging historical knowledge and, above all, his unfailingly well-thought-out arguments. Even in the ‘blindness of the moment’ in which we are all trapped, he always manages to go beyond the politics of the day and get to the heart of a situation, giving us a better understanding of what is currently happening or what is at stake through historical observations or comparisons. This book offers readers the chance to learn about the key issues of our era in exquisite prose.

• ‘Marvelous. This book will take me right through to the next historical turning point.’ - Harald Schmidt

• One of Germany’s most renowned journalists writes about the key questions of our era

• A brilliant tour d’horizon of our political age