Brexit: European Union, American Empire
by Pelle Neroth Taylor /
2016 / English / EPUB
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After the Second World War, it was the American spy community that was quick to perceive that a European community could help undergird American hegemony. Britain's independent-mindedness in this area was a challenge - Quote from book.
This book offers fresh perspectives on geopolitics at a time of Brexit. The vote did not happen in isolation: it must be understood in the context of other developments. After two decades of what in its British manifestation was the Blairite consensus, Europe has been buffeted by Conservative populism, anti-Americanism, the chaos in the Middle East, anxieties about globalisation and more. In a series of essays, Pelle Neroth Taylor presents the rise and decline of the Atlanticist elites in an refreshing and enlightening way to help guide and inform the post-Brexit debate
