The End of Europe, James Kirchick
The End of Europe, James Kirchick
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The End of Europe
Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age

Author: James Kirchick

Narrator: Eric Jason Martin

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2017

Synopsis

Once the world’s bastion of liberal, democratic values, Europe is now having to confront demons it thought it had laid to rest. The old pathologies of anti-Semitism, populist nationalism, and territorial aggression are threatening to tear the European postwar consensus apart. In riveting dispatches from this unfolding tragedy, James Kirchick shows us the shallow disingenuousness of the leaders who pushed for “Brexit;” examines how a vast migrant wave is exacerbating tensions between Europeans and their Muslim minorities; explores the rising anti-Semitism that causes Jewish schools and synagogues in France and Germany to resemble armed bunkers; and describes how Russian imperial ambitions are destabilizing nations from Estonia to Ukraine. With President Trump now threatening to abandon America's traditional role as upholder of the liberal world order and guarantor of the contient's security, Europe may be alone in dealing with these unprecedented challenges.

Based on extensive firsthand reporting, this book is a provocative, disturbing look at a continent in unexpected crisis.

About James Kirchick

James Kirchick is a fellow at the Foreign Policy Initiative in Washington and a correspondent for the Daily Beast. His articles have appeared in the Washington Post, the Weekly Standard, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Policy. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Victoria

James Kirchick has a interesting perspective on European current affairs. Having lived in Europe for six years as a journalist, he draws on his wealth of experience to assess how politics is changing, and the challenges to the Western values of liberalism and democracy that are increasingly overt ac......more

Goodreads review by Stephen

Kirchick is better on politics than economics. His analysis of the rise of illiberal parties and governments and the dangers of Russia's perpetual efforts to undermine the West are perceptive and informative. But his analysis of the Greek economy is superficial and flawed. It's just a scolding regur......more

Goodreads review by Carl

This is a highly biased account of the difficulties facing Europe by an American neocon. He makes his points by means of analyses of contemporary Germany, Estonia, France, Great Britain, Greece & the EU. There is a lot of good information but the obvious bias & inclusion of opinion make it very hard......more

Goodreads review by Marián

Dejiny často ovplyvňujú malé, napohľad nepodstatné veci. Putin nenávidí Estónsko, pretože miestni roľníci udali jeho otca Nemcom, keď tam za vojny skočil s padákom. Obama sa odklonil od Európy (aj) preto, lebo ako mladík surfoval na Havaji.

Aj keď sa celý život snažím porozumieť svetu, nikdy nebude......more

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