The Uniting of Europe: From Consolidation to Enlargement

by Stanley Henig

The Uniting of Europe provides an accessible introduction to the history of European integration and places European unification within a wider political and economic context The book shows how institutional developments have been conditioned by wider international considerations. The Uniting of Europe
* the impact of the Cold War and the superpowers on Europe
* Britain's decision to join the Community
* the consequences of German reunification
* the problem of nationalism in Eastern Europe
* key personalities, parties, regimes and political systems.
This Second edition brings the history of the European Union up to date to include the Amsterdam and Nice treaties, as well as other contemporary issues such as the impact of events in Yugoslavia, the changing relationship with the US and British membership of the single currency.

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 1997

Reviews

[Drew Pyke · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good book for getting the context and history of the EU but not on the detail of the institutions or the various roles of governance. Factors like war, reunification of Germany, Cold War etc all play a part in the pretext for further integration which this book describes really well.