The End of the West?: Crisis and Change in the Atlantic Order

by Jeffrey J. Anderson, G. John Ikenberry (Editor), Thomas Risse-Kappen (Editor)

The past several years have seen strong disagreements between the U.S. government and many of its European allies, largely due to the deployment of NATO forces in Afghanistan and the commitment of national forces to the occupation of Iraq. News accounts of these challenges focus on isolated incidents and points of contention. The End of the West? addresses some basic questions: Are we witnessing a deepening transatlantic rift, with wide-ranging consequences for the future of world order? Or are today's foreign-policy disagreements the equivalent of dinner-table squabbles? What harm, if any, have recent events done to the enduring relationships between the U.S. government and its European counterparts? The contributors to this volume, whose backgrounds range from political science and history to economics, law, and sociology, examine the "deep structure" of an order that was first imposed by the Allies in 1945 and has been a central feature of world politics ever since. Creatively and insightfully blending theory and evidence, the chapters in The End of the West? examine core structural features of the transatlantic world to determine whether current disagreements are minor and transient or catastrophic and permanent.

312 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2008

About the author

Jeffrey Anderson is an expert in European politics, with special emphasis on the European Union and postwar German politics and foreign policy.

Reviews

[Vicki]

Didnt like the premise of this book. The authors didnt take into account the upcoming (at the time it was written) USA elections. They neglected to imagine that we could actually have a president who could bring us back into favor with other countries in NATO and the rest of the world.

[Andrew]

Review at http://znovels.blogspot.com/2009/09/e...