The United States of Europe

An account of the ascendancy of the EU as a global superpower to rival America. It bares the ways in which the EU is positioning itself to be a global counterweight and second superpower, on equal footing with the US. This book shows the great impact EU is having on the global economic market. From one of America's best known foreign correspondents, an eye-opening account of the ascendancy of the European Union as a global superpower and rival to the United States. The European Union, from its beginnings as an experiment in statecraft, has rapidly emerged as a resounding success, yet Americans have so far managed to ignore the geopolitical revolution under way across the Atlantic. Reid shows how quietly - and not so quietly - Europe is developing itself into an economic, political and cultural powerhouse.