DAHRENDORF, RALF - Reflections on the Revolution in Europe in a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Warsaw

NY: Times Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0812918835; Two tiny red dots on the bottom edge, else Binding, DJ and Contents are almost like new. ; 8-3/8" Tall, 165pp. Gray boards, bright gold lettering. BELLES LETTRES. "In the wake of the dramatic events of 1989, the features of our world bear little resemblance to those of the preceding forty years...In this incisive and lucid book, Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, one of Europe's most distinguished scholars and a trenchant writer...regards what has happened in East Central Europe as a victory for neither of the social systems that once opposed each other across the Iron Curtain. Rather, he views recent events as a vote for an open society over a closed society. The continuing conundrum, he argues, which will plague peoples everywhere, will be how to balance the need for economic growth with the desire for social justice while building authentic and enduring democartic institution s. ". Fine in Fine dust jacket .