Fractured Continent Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West [Hardcover]

Thoughtful and full of relevant factual material,Fascinating.A colorful narrative....remind[s] us that the challenges faced by Europe and the West right now are seriously daunting.Drozdiak takes readers on a tour of European capitals, diagnosing the fractures he says still threaten to pull the EU apart&.Europeans and Americans alike would benefit from heeding Drozdiaks warning: That European unification may go into reverse and unravel due to blinkered nationalism on both sides of the Atlantic.Eminently readable.... What sets Drozdiaks inquiry apart are the ease of his prose, including lively anecdotes that put flesh on the major players, and his narrative skill.... Drozdiak is a pro at moving around the international court of political play.This is the best book I've read on the recent turmoil sweeping through Europeexcellent reporting, beautifully written and sensibly, carefully analyzed. Everything that I would expect from a journalist/scholar like William Drozdiak.A very good survey of what the European experiment is for and why we need to have an integrated Europe, both economically and politically.This bracing and urgently needed account of a continentindeed a worldundergoing seismic change should be read by all who care about the trans-Atlantic alliance.A compelling and urgent alert that Europes creation of a peaceful community in place of a warring continent may be unraveling. Great Britain is leaving. Other EU members are suffering from political and economic stresses and the burden of refugees fleeing conflicts and migrants escaping poverty. For the United States, a diminished Europe creates an alarming risk.Bill Drozdiak understands the importance of Europe and its institutions in ways that are essential for Americans to pay note. InInA