'A brilliant account of the development of the European Union Insightful and essential reading.'-- Vernon Bogdanor, THES
This essential book explains the origins of the European Union, the forces binding it together and driving it forward, and how leaders will surmount the current economic and geostrategic turmoil. This revised edition, which includes a new preface, is a fully up-to-date guide to the realities of power within the Union.
'Philosophically informed and historically sensitive... Van Middelaar offers a subtle and detailed account of the evolution of the Union.'-- Larry Sidentop, TLS
'A discerning, balanced, gracefully written book... filled with the meat of European Union history over six decades.'-- Financial Times
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Luuk van Middelaar is a Dutch political philosopher and currently policy advisor and speechwriter to the president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy. He lives in Brussels, Belgium.
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