The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy - Softcover

Reid, T. R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143036084 ISBN 13: 9780143036081

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2005

Synopsis

To Americans accustomed to unilateralism abroad and social belt-tightening at home, few books could be more revelatory--or controversial--than this timely, lucid, and informative portrait of the new European Union.

Now comprising 25 nations and 450 million citizens, the EU has more people, more wealth, and more votes on every international body than the United States. It eschews military force but offers guaranteed health care and free university educations. And the new "United States of Europe" is determined to be a superpower. Tracing the EU's emergence from the ruins of World War II and its influence everywhere from international courts to supermarket shelves, T. R. Reid explores the challenge it poses to American political and economic supremacy. The United States of Europe is essential reading.

T. R. Reid's newest book, A Fine Mess, will be published by Penguin Press in Spring 2017.

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Review:

"A first-rate journalist, Reid provides impressive evidence to support his hypothesis." --The Denver Post

"A lively, thought-provoking book." --The Seattle Times

"T. R. Reid is like that great teacher you once had who makes a potentially dull and ponderous subject entertaining." --The Miami Herald

Synopsis:

An eye-opening account of the ascendancy of the EU as a global superpower to rival America. "The United States Of Europe" lays bare the ways in which the EU is positioning itself to be a global counterweight and second superpower, on equal footing with the US. Reid traces the rise of the EU from the days when Churchill and other visionaries set out in the post-World War II rubble to find a means to end war in Europe. He shows how this remarkably successful effort to "create peace" also created a global economic and political power that is often at odds with the United States. This drive toward unity has been accelerated by the powerful mood of anti-Americanism (or, at least, anti-Bushism) that has swept the continent since the war in Iraq. In addition to the political ramifications of the EU, "The United States Of Europe" shows the great impact this alliance is having on the global economic market. The euro, which now has more daily users than the dollar, is fast becoming a reserve currency and a new standard for global finance, a globally recognised replacement for the once-almighty dollar.

Unification has spawned a generation of European corporate managers who have led firms like Nokia, Airbus, BP, Vodafone and Red Bull to catch and surpass their US competitors in global markets.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0143036084
• ISBN 13: 9780143036081
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320