MEMOIR / POLITICS / HISTORY

MEMOIRS

Fifty Years of Political Reflection

A gifted academic, prominent journalist, prolific author, Raymond Aron became well known for the penetration, boldness, and clear-sightedness of his ideas. His dispassionate, probing analyses of international affairs, social and economic problems, and contemporary history have become increasingly influential in the U.S. and foreign arenas of political discourse and public activity.

Among Aron's many books, these memoirs and Opium of the Intellectuals have become classics.

"Aron's emphasis on the role of historical actors, of multiple and cross-cutting currents, and his discussions of causality and understanding are still useful guides, especially now."
—Daniel Bell, New York Times Book Review

"This book is an essential primary source for contemporary historians of the West, but it is also exceptionally good reading for anyone interested in 20th-century ideas and politics."
—Choice

"Memoirs is a big and wonderful book, an immensely graceful and surprisingly intimate rendering of a profound man's life of the mind in the heart of the great history of the century."
—Journal of Politics