Europe Recast: A History of European Union - Softcover

Dinan, Desmond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626370710 ISBN 13: 9781626370715

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised to reflect a decade of recent history―and incorporating newly available archival material and the latest scholarship―Europe Recast tells the story of European integration from its modern origins in the 1940s to the challenges of today. The book is an essential guide to unraveling the complexity of the EU system in the context of modern European history.

About this title

About the Author:

Desmond Dinan is professor of public policy at George Mason University. His numerous publications include Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration, and he is editor of Encyclopedia of the European Union.

Review:

A superb, eminently readable history of the European Union.... The book is a gem.... a good read for those of us who know the story, and an even better one for students who do not. (Steven B. Wolinetz, International)

Highly recommended. (Library Bookwatch)

A fascinating account that is not dull and dry, but rather full of idealism, bureaucratic intrigue, personalities and political entrepreneurs, ideological struggles, and fluctuating international complexities and environments. Dinan masterfully brings these all together to provide an excellent treatment of the European Community's and later the European Union's institutional and policy development. (Peter H. Loedel, EUSA Review)

This is a very good book.... Dinan's comprehensive and readable history of European integration draws on a rich array of sources, including his own extensive EU experience. Students and scholars alike will find a new insight on every page. (Brent Nelsen, Furman University)

This lively book is the best general text on the formation of the EU that I have seen. Students will gain an understanding of both the institutional formation of the Union and the developments in European politics, society, and history that are at its foundation. (Jennifer Jenkins, Washington University in St. Louis)

About this edition

• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1626370710
• ISBN 13: 9781626370715
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 411