Circle of Stars : A History of the EU and the People Who Made It / Dermot Hodson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hodson, Dermot, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

European Union--History--20th century.

Statesmen--European Union countries.

Statesmen.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (469 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Padstow, England : Yale University Press, [2023]

Summary:

The European Union is the most ambitious, and one of the most contentious, international organizations ever created. Decisions made in Brussels shape the lives of over 500 million Europeans, and its laws and policies resonate around the world. But how has the EU endured over three turbulent decades marred by crises at home and abroad? In this major account, Dermot Hodson traces the development of the EU from its establishment in 1993 through to Brexit, Covid-19, and the invasion of Ukraine. Hodson shows how the union has been held together not by faceless technocrats but national leaders who stood together in times of turmoil despite a fierce backlash from a new generation of right-wing populists. Circle of Stars offers a rich appraisal of Europe's troubled past and turbulent present--focusing on the people who built the EU as we know it today.

Contents:

Cover

Halftitle page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Epigraph

Contents

Illustrations

Prologue

PART I 'THE PEOPLE OF EUROPE CAME TO LIFE'

1 Maastricht to Amsterdam

2 Return to Europe

3 Nice to Lisbon

4 Fundamental Values

5 European Culture

PART II 'SORRY, BUT THERE IS NO WAY YOU'RE LEAVING THIS ROOM UNTIL YOU AGREE'

6 The Frankenstein directive

7 The Third Way

8 The Euro Crisis

PART III EUROPE IN THE WORLD

9 Global Europe

10 Ecological Europe

PLATES

11 Borders

12 Terror

PART IV 'DO NOT BE LATE'

13 Brexit

14 Next Generation EU

15 Ukraine

16 'To the People of Europe'

The Main Ensemble

Timeline

Acknowledgements

Endnotes

Further Reading

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780300275070

9780300267693

OCLC:

1414457443