A small cape of Asia was how Paul Valéry described Europe in 1919 - a pointed summary of the new mood that came over Europe in the interbellum years. Wesseling'... » 

A small cape of Asia was how Paul Valéry described Europe in 1919 - a pointed summary of the new mood that came over Europe in the interbellum years. Wesseling's essays hold to the original sense of the word: personal reflections on vast subjects written for an intellectual and interested but not necessarily specialized readership. «