Europe Must Unite
Author | : Richard Nicolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : European federation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Richard Nicolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : European federation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard Nicolaus Graf von Coudenhove-Kalergi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1939 |
Genre | : International cooperation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Martyn Bond |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-04-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0228007011 |
In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union, offering a vision of peaceful, democratic unity for Europe, with no borders, a common currency, and a single passport. His political congresses in Vienna, Berlin, and Basel attracted thousands from the intelligentsia and the cultural elite, including Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, and Sigmund Freud, who wanted a United States of Europe brought together by consent. The Count's commitment to this cooperative ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler, who referred to him as a "cosmopolitan bastard" in Mein Kampf. Communists and nationalists, xenophobes and populists alike hated the Count and his political mission. When the Nazis annexed Austria, the Count and his wife, the famous actress Ida Roland, narrowly escaped the Gestapo. He fled to the United States, where he helped shape American policy for postwar Europe. Coudenhove-Kalergi's profile was such that he served as the basis for the fictional resistance hero Victor Laszlo in the film Casablanca. A brilliant networker, the Count guided many European leaders, notably advising Winston Churchill before his 1946 Zürich speech on Europe. A friend to both Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and President Charles de Gaulle, Coudenhove-Kalergi was personally invited to the High Mass in Rheims Cathedral in 1961 to celebrate Franco-German reconciliation. A provocative visionary for Europe, Coudenhove-Kalergi thought and acted in terms of continents, not countries. For the Count, the United States of Europe was the answer to the challenges of communist Russia and capitalist America. Indeed, he launched his Pan-European Union thirty years before Jean Monnet set up the European Coal and Steel Community, the precursor to the European Union. Timely and capitivating, Martyn Bond's biography offers an opportunity to explore a remarkable life and revisit the impetus and origins of a unified Europe.
Author | : Rockwell Anthony Schnabel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
"Ambassador Schnabel dispenses with diplomatic niceties as he assesses the policies of both Brussels and Washington. Schnabel and Rocca offer an inside look at the people and issues that will decide whether the world's most consequential partnership flourishes or flounders. Alert to the economic and geopolitical challenges posed by a more assertive EU, the authors reject the complacency of those who see American "unipolarity" as a license to neglect our allies or who entertain the illusion that we can "divide and conquer" Europe. This book makes clear why the United States must work with the EU - or expect the EU to work against it."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : T. R. Reid |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2005-11-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0143036084 |
“A first-rate journalist, Reid provides impressive evidence to support his hypothesis.” —The Denver Post “A lively, thought-provoking book.” —The Seattle Times To Americans accustomed to unilateralism abroad and social belt-tightening at home, few books could be more revelatory—or controversial—than this timely, lucid, and informative portrait of the new European Union. Now comprising 25 nations and 450 million citizens, the EU has more people, more wealth, and more votes on every international body than the United States. It eschews military force but offers guaranteed health care and free university educations. And the new “United States of Europe” is determined to be a superpower. Tracing the EU’s emergence from the ruins of World War II and its influence everywhere from international courts to supermarket shelves, T. R. Reid explores the challenge it poses to American political and economic supremacy. The United States of Europe is essential reading. T. R. Reid's latest book, A Fine Mess, was published by Penguin Press in 2017.
Author | : Stanley Henig |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2013-10-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136464387 |
The Uniting of Europe provides an accessible introduction to the history of European integration and places European unification within a wider political and economic context The book shows how institutional developments have been conditioned by wider international considerations. The Uniting of Europe considers: * the impact of the Cold War and the superpowers on Europe * Britain's decision to join the Community * the consequences of German reunification * the problem of nationalism in Eastern Europe * key personalities, parties, regimes and political systems. This Second edition brings the history of the European Union up to date to include the Amsterdam and Nice treaties, as well as other contemporary issues such as the impact of events in Yugoslavia, the changing relationship with the US and British membership of the single currency.
Author | : Guy Verhofstadt |
Publisher | : Basic Books |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2017-01-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0465096867 |
In the heart of Europe's current crisis, one of the continent's foremost statesmen issues a clarion call to radically remake the European Union in the mold of the United States' own federal government Europe is caught in its greatest crisis since the Second World War. The catalog of ills seems endless: an economic crisis spread through most of Europe's Mediterranean tier that has crippled Greece and driven a wedge between northern and southern Europe; terrorist attacks in Paris, Cologne, Brussels, and Nice; growing aggression from Russia in Ukraine and the Baltic states; and refugees escaping war-torn neighbors. The European Union's inability to handle any of these disasters was a driving factor in Great Britain voting to leave, and others may soon follow. The result won't just be a continent in turmoil, but also a serious threat to American and British security-the Atlantic, let alone the Channel, simply isn't big enough to keep European troubles in Europe. For everyone's sake, Europe must survive. The question is how. In Europe's Last Chance, Guy Verhofstadt-former prime minister of Belgium and current leader of the liberal faction in the European Parliament-provides the essential framework for understanding Europe today, laying bare the absurdity of a system in which each member state can veto legislation, opt in or out of the Euro, or close borders on a whim. But Verhofstadt does not just indict the European Union, he also offers a powerful vision for how the continent can change for the better. The key, argues Verhofstadt, is to reform the European Union along the lines of America's federal government: a United States of Europe strong enough to stand with the United States of America in making a better, safer world. A visionary book from one of today's luminaries of European leadership, Europe's Last Chance is a clarion call to save the European Union, one of the world's greatest chances for peace and prosperity.
Author | : Luuk van Middelaar |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2013-07-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0300181124 |
Provides the untold story of the crises and compromises that lead to the formation of the European Union.
Author | : Arnold John Zurcher |
Publisher | : Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
From the John Holmes Library collection.
Author | : Arnold John Zurcher |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258353506 |
An Historical Account Of The Development Of The Contemporary European Movement From Its Origin In The Pan-European Union To The Drafting Of The Treaties For Euratom And The European Common Market.