End of the West

Preface to the Paperback Edition ix Foreword by Ruth O'Brien xvii Acknowledgments xxi Chapter I - Prologue 1 Chapter II - Weighing like a Nightmare 27 Chapter III - Hate--and Hope 67 Chapter IV - The Revenge of Politics 102 Chapter V - Which Boundaries? Whose History? 141 Notes 179 Index 189

David Marquand has been a member of the British Parliament, an official of the European Commission, and principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of many books, including "Britain since 1918".

One of Financial Times's Best Books of Politics for 2011 "One of the many virtues of David Marquand's The End of the West, a book that carefully documents the gap between the EU's ambitions and its achievements, is that it explains exactly why EU politics are so tedious... [I]t provides a crisp and relevant analysis of the difficult choices that Europe faces."--Henry Farrell, The Nation "A sweeping new assessment of the continent?s drift..."--The Guardian "[Marquand] the grand old pro-European is on to something when he pokes an inquiring finger into the question of what modern Europe wants to be... [T]his highly readable book offers a compelling description of Europe?s modern malaise."--Anne McElvoy, New Statesman "One of the many virtues of David Marquand?s The End of the West, a book that carefully documents the gap between the EU?s ambitions and its achievements, is that it explains exactly why EU politics are so tedious... [A] crisp and relevant analysis of the difficult choices that Europe faces."--Henry Farrell, The Nation "The End of the West is a bracing and timely work, no doubt about it."--European Voice "A committed pro-European's brilliant, timely analysis of what is wrong with the European Union."--Vernon Bogdanor, Times Higher Education Supplement The End of the West is a wake-up call. It raises many questions and calls for drastic changes in the EU government... Marquand gives us a concise and brilliant analysis of the failures and weaknesses of the EU. Readable and compact, this book helps us understand the reasons behind the present problems affecting the EU."--Arab News "This is a text with compelling questions, not one with definite solutions. What makes it fascinating is the forthright and dispassionate examinations of crucial problems. As Europe faces, in the months and years ahead, the formidable tribulations generated by the global downturn, it is the wider issues delineated in Marquand's The End of the West that should be probed, examined