Nine American writers and editors, back from a tour to Berlin and major West German cities, give their personal impressions of Germans today.
“ Young American radicals are in the historically unique position of not being able to demand a single piece of legislation from their government — their 'platform' is literally without one legislative plank.“ So says Irving Kristol, a founder of ENCOUNTER and now vice president of Basic Books, who here examines the contradictions of contemporary student radicalism and anticipates its disillusionment.