A Concise History of the European Union

<p>?An indispensable, lucid guide to the origins and recent development of the European Union.... Judicious and authoritative in his curation of historical facts and details about the individuals, social forces, and geopolitics that shaped key developments of the EU, Dinan provides deep insights and clarity about the EU's accomplishments and its shortcomings.... This up-to-date history of the EU is unparalleled eloquent and engaging in its narrative and compelling in its final analysis that 'the EU is worth fighting for.'? Vicki L. Birchfield, Georgia Institute of Technology</p><p>?This is modern Europeanhistory at its best.... Dinan offers a balanced and up-to-date narrative ofEuropean integration from its inception in the postWorld War II period to thepresent, with special emphasis on the contemporary European Union, its institutionaland legal structures, the management of the crises it has encountered, itscontinuing relevance, and its future. His book will establish itself as one of