The E.U.

“A useful corrective to much writing on the EU.”
—Financial Times

“John Gillingham has established himself as one of those very rare commentators who can read European history in three dimensions.”
—Norman Stone, Oxford University

“An excellent, up-to-date history of the EU which overturns many preconceived ideas and challenges the views of Eurofanatics and Eurosceptics alike.”
—Ian Sked, London School of Economics

“John Gillingham is the pre-eminent American historian of the European Union.”
—Charles S. Maier, Harvard University

“At a time when clear thinking about Europe’s political and economic future is urgently needed, John Gillingham has provided a convincing diagnosis of the EU’s present malaise and a challenging set of prescriptions which deserve to be taken seriously by Euro-philes as much as by Euro-sceptics.”
—Sir Geoffrey Owen, London School of Economics

“A historically driven reassessment of the EU’s past aimed at examining missteps, discovering subsequent solutions, and offering a glimpse into a potential future.”
—Choice