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Title: Emperically weak book for anti-American Provocateurs
Review: I am PhD student of European Integration and how it has changed Europe's relations with the America. This book is a misguiding piece of literature. The general thesis is that American super-power will be squelched by European soft power. While it is well-written and does illuminate some provocative aspects of European-American relations, it ignores the reality that Europe is finds it difficult to integrate with itself (e.g. Constitution 2004, Bolkestein Directive, Lisbon Treaty Post-Irish Referenda, Free Movement of People). Look, to conclude that Europe is a single bloc politically is absurd. Ask the British, the Danes, the Swedes, the Poles, and any other Euroskeptic state. Europe is an economic idea - not political. This is not to say that it won't be, but Reid assumes it already is.A better, more objecetive, historical account of integration is Dinan's 'Europe Recast'. Read that, toss this.
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