The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy

There’s a reason why T.R. Reid’s book, published three years ago, continues to enjoy a very nice sales ranking on amazon. With great humor and intelligence, Reid describes: 1) many of the developments leading up to the formation of the EU; 2) some of its early achievements (read especially Chapters 3 and 4, “The Almighty Undollar” and “Welch’s Waterloo”); and 3) the future implications of a unified Europe both for the US and the world. Much of the work comes from events Reid has witnessed firsthand as a Washington Post correspondent and NPR commentator, the rest from some pretty comprehensive research. Rolf Dobelli, PhD and Chairman of getAbstract.com, “[recommends] this book to managers of U.S. companies that have show more European offices and to anyone interested in contemporary international relations.” Granted, that may not be the zippy, exuberant rave you’d expect from an American reviewer, but if this book is correct we’d all better start getting used to a little European understatement! Highly recommended for everyone to read—the sooner the better. show less

5--- The United States o Europe The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy, by T. R. Reid (read 20 Sep 2023) This was published in 2004, which is when I should have read it. So much has changed since then including Brexit. But this is still well worth reading as history. and it is good to know of the good things which happened 20 years ago.

Author tries and fails to argue that Europe is the next superpower.

A short, light overview of the European Union.

Lithuania pp. 54, 269-70.