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The Springtime of Nations THE SPRINGTIME OF NATIONS - The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Presents . Weekly conversations in international affairs, history and culture with eminent scholars from the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. For information about stations broadcasting "RADIO DIALOGUE " in your area call (202)287-3000 ext. 325. SPRING 1990 THE WILSON QUARTERLY Published by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars COVER STORY EASTERNEUROPE 26 1989-not since 1789 has there been a year of such upheaval. Without a single border changing, the map of Europe was redrawn. The Soviet bloc vanished, and Central Europe was reborn. Our contributors, Ivan Sanders, John Lukacs, Stephen E. Deane, and Stanislaw Baranczak, remind us of legacies that must be overcome-and of others that should be revitalized. They anticipate the challenges, cultural as well as political, that lie ahead. AMERICA'SFIRST WARON POVERTY 78 America's struggle with poverty has reached a stalemate. Perhaps it's time to consider how an earlier generation tackled the problem. How- ard Husock argues that the settlement-house movement, long scorned as idealistic and inadequate, offers solutions of surprising relevance. IDEAS THEBIRTHPLACE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 68 Places as well as people give birth to ideas. Bruno Bettelheim explains why Freud could have developed psychoanalysis only in turn-of-the-cen- tuty Vienna. REFLECTIONS DEPARTMENTS Do WELIKE IKE? 110 Editor's Comment 6 We liked Ike. Then we didn't. Then we did. Alan Brinkley shows how changing views of Periodicals 9 Eisenhower have reflected changes in Amer- ica itself. Current Books 92 Research Reports 142 A MOREPERFECT HUMAN 120 Phrenologist. Sexologist. Father of the octagon Commentary 144 house. Dwight L. Young profiles Orson Squire Cover: A Solidarity poster by M. Stryjecki (1989) from the Fowler, a 19th-century American original. 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