An especially good view: watching history happen

Prologue: Who, What, When, Where, Why

Part One Passages

1-Caste: Polish

2-The Belnord

3-Founded in 1794

4-The Harvard of the Jews

5-The J School

6-Izzy

Part Two Words, War, and Autocracy

7-Swinging London

8-Metro

9-Vietnam

10-Echoes of Vietnam

11-The Gap Years

12-Kutuzovsky 7/4

13-An Astonishing Cast of Russians

14-Thornapple

15-The Brits

Part Three Books and Books

16-The Eleventh Floor

17-Breaking Through

18-The Art of the Deal

19-Bill and Barack

20-Mr. Clifford and Mr. Jordan

21-Superstar

22-It Takes All Kinds

23-The Talmud

24-Puzzles and the Endgame

Part Four Shopkeeper

25-One Word, Cap A

26-No Longer a Startup, Not Yet an Antitrust Case

27-The Caravan Moves On

28-Pearl Dive

Part Five Reflections

29-Wrinkles

30-Families, Communities, and Work

31-Time Present and Time Past

A Virtual Attic

Acknowledgments