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A Financial Times Best Political Book of 2017

An urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world.

The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen’s National Front won a record 34 percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world’s leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad.

These developments and a growing backlash against globalization have contributed to a loss of faith in mainstream ruling parties throughout the West. Voters in the United States and Europe are abandoning traditional ways of governing in favor of authoritarian, populist, and nationalist alternatives, raising a profound threat to the future of our democracies.

In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak, the former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that these events have dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. By speaking with world leaders from Brussels to Berlin, Rome to Riga, Drozdiak describes the crises. the proposed solutions, and considers where Europe and America go from here. The result is a timely character- and narrative-driven book about this tumultuous phase of contemporary European history.

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"Thoughtful and full of relevant factual material, Fractured Continent offers a penetrating analysis of the Europe of today and tomorrow."
― George P. Shultz, Former Secretary of State

"Fascinating."
― Roger Cohen, New York Times

"A colorful narrative....remind[s] us that the challenges faced by Europe and the West right now are seriously daunting."
― Sheri Berman, The New York Times Book Review

"Drozdiak takes readers on a tour of European capitals, diagnosing the fractures he says still threaten to pull the EU apart….Europeans and Americans alike would benefit from heeding Drozdiak’s warning: That European unification may go into reverse and unravel due to blinkered nationalism on both sides of the Atlantic."
― Politico

"Eminently readable.... What sets Drozdiak’s inquiry apart are the ease of his prose, including lively anecdotes that put flesh on the major players, and his narrative skill.... Drozdiak is a pro at moving around the international court of political play. Fractured Continent is a sobering and significant look at an urgent problem."
― Joan Baum, National Public Radio

"This is the best book I've read on the recent turmoil sweeping through Europe―excellent reporting, beautifully written and sensibly, carefully analyzed. Everything that I would expect from a journalist/scholar like William Drozdiak."
― Marvin Kalb, senior advisor to the Pulitzer Center and Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard University

"A very good survey of what the European experiment is for and why we need to have an integrated Europe, both economically and politically."
― Giles Merritt, founder and chairman of Friends of Europe

"This bracing and urgently needed account of a continent―indeed a world―undergoing seismic change should be read by all who care about the trans-Atlantic alliance. Fractured Continent once again demonstrates that Drozdiak is one of our finest journalists and sharpest observers."
― Kati Marton, author of True Believer: Stalin's Last American Spy

"A compelling and urgent alert that Europe’s creation of a peaceful community in place of a warring continent may be unraveling. Great Britain is leaving. Other EU members are suffering from political and economic stresses and the burden of refugees fleeing conflicts and migrants escaping poverty. For the United States, a diminished Europe creates an alarming risk."
― James Hoge, senior advisor, Teneo Intelligence

"Bill Drozdiak understands the importance of Europe and its institutions in ways that are essential for Americans to pay note. In Fractured Continent he looks at the recent upheavals that we must consider on the other side of the Atlantic if we are to understand ourselves and the West’s common predicament. The best part of reading Drozdiak is the rediscovery of how good a reporter he is."
― Carl Bernstein

"In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak accomplishes the near-impossible task of boiling down all the many problems, fissures, and cross-currents affecting Europe over the past few years into a concise, insightful narrative. If you can read only one book on where Europe stands today, this is definitely the one to choose."
― James Mann, author-in-residence, European and Eurasian Studies program, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

About the Author

William Drozdiak is a former editor and chief European correspondent of the Washington Post. He was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (September 12, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393608689
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393608687
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.2 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches

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Selected by the Financial Times as one of best political books in 2017

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I read the nice words Cohen wrote about Bill’s book and fully agree with him. The insight he has in the Europe of today is indeed the result of a long career and intimate knowledge of most of the major players. I read it in two evenings/nights but will read it again. It is also an easy read because of a very clean style and fluidity. I also gave it to read to friends who all loved it.

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A thorough and precise analysis of the ills plaguing 21st century Europe

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The book presents key socioeconomic and political problems country-by-country, followed by a systemic analysis of how these problems could be solved or where they may lead if they persist, especially in light of the transatlantic rift created by Trump’s election in the US.

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Great reporting from many different capitals that underscores the multiple ...

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Great reporting from many different capitals that underscores the multiple challenges confronting this troubled continent. Drozdiak lightens his prose with insightful anecdotes drawn from his long experience as a well known international journalist.

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Four Stars

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Fine.

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This is a very informative view of the western world today. I learned much.

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As advertised. Prompt.

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EU crisis, debt, immigration, terrorism, Brexit, Russia and USA

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Berlin: The fate of Europe will be decided in Berlin. Merkel is now the primary mover in the EU, refusing to cancel Greek debt among other policies that make her unpopular in Southern Europe. She motivated the deal with Turkey to slowing refugee influx into Europe. Erdogan is now patrolling human trafficking via Turkey although Libyan refugees still enter Europe via Italy. Interesting is her relationship with Putin, who bemoans breakup of Soviet empire. Merkel reprimanded Obama for disparaging Russia. She thinks Cameron was foolish for calling the Brexit referendum although Drozdiak does a good job of explaining reasons involving campaign promises and internal political dissension.
London: Brexit will be costly to Britain as well as to the EU. A net importer of food, costs to the UK will include devaluation of the pound and a rise in food prices. In a UK generation gap, the old voted 'Leave' while young people voted 'Remain.' A large motivating factor was fear of Turkish immigration. US president Obama attempted to intervene for the 'Remain' side. The issue goes back to Thatcher who negotiated against what she called a raw deal.
Paris: Macron is reducing government footprint after the dismal performance under socialist premier Hollande. There are lots of immigration protests as France suffers more than other countries from no go zones and fear of further Moslem terrorism. In the many 'no-go' areas, Muslims in France favor Sharia law over local laws and customs. Many blame the French government for an open door policy.
Brussels: NATO hard power is balanced by EU soft power. Brussels is the EU governance home of the European Parliament. Drozdiak describes a Tower of Babel with many tongues in search of one voice. The 'bicycle theory' suggests that Europe must keep moving towards union in spite of populism and voter distrust. One proposal for slowing immigration is to finance economic initiatives in Africa. Netherlands too is demanding reforms in the face of homegrown Islamic terrorism. In an effort to reduce dependence on the US in the face of its pivot policy, one EU goal 2% of GDP spent on defense. That's in spite of a projected need of 70% more food for a world population of 9.6 billion by 2050.
Madrid: Spain suffers from a debt crisis and lingering effects of the property crash before the bailout of 2012. The Catalonia separatist movement is featured with the radical left surging. Spain fears an Italian banking meltdown. Merkel is widely regarded as the cause of suffering.
Rome: The mafiosi is corrupting city government leaving little money to cope with an exploding refugee situation. Rome mayor Virginia Raggi is promising to eradicate Mafia Capitale. Berlesconi is regarded as early version of Trump
Warsaw: Poland along with Hungary accepts EU handouts while opposing Merkel's austerity policies and IMF restrictions. Walesa followed the example of Mandela. Living standards have declined as Poland imposes Catholic values while retreating from democratic ideals. They abhor what is called gender ideology. They want to remain homogeneous and minimize the effects of immigration. The EU requires judicial independence for membership. Obama lectured PM Duda about independence of judiciary. There is disillusionment with the EU in E. Europe. Hungary and Poland are instituting repressive ant-immigration measures. Many Poles still believe the Smolensk air crash, in which President Lech Kaczyński died in 2010, was the result of Kremlin foul play. Now the party led by Kaczyński’s twin brother, Jarosław, is back in power, and searching for answers
Copenhagen: Denmark has the highest per capita income in Europe and the greatest degree of equality. They have cradle to grave welfare coupled with an excess of depression and alcoholism. They are moving to the right on the refugee issue, being hostile to refugee influx as vindicated by social harm in France, Sweden, Germany and Greece. They have close trading ties with Great Britain, making Brexit a great concern. In Sweden skinheads are counter attacking refugees. There is still a memory of the 2005 'Face of Mohammad' Charley Hedbo outrage where free expression backfired. Denmark and allied Greenland are coping with effects of climate change.
Riga: With an interesting historical background involving Hansards, Russian, Nazis, Soviets, there are still Baltic war vets fought for Nazis. Drozdiak opines that they need to stop thinking about the past. With half its people of Russian extraction, Latvia has thrived since joining the EU. They are leery of Russian provocation, but support Russia annexation of the Crimea. Moscow has a monopoly on news. The US quadrupled defense allocation for Eastern Europe to 3.4 billion.
Athens: Greece continues teetering on the brink of bankruptcy with high unemployment. They are on the verge of leaving EU, not capable of competing with EU partners. The book describes the drama of third bailout in 2015. The EU is paying off reckless loans by French and German banks. The Turkey deal to police inflow of refugees slowed inflow to Greece with many asylum seekers going back to Turkey, but Libyan refugees are still coming via Italy.
Moscow, Ankara, Tunis: Europe needs to cooperate with Russia on energy policy. Russia is in the process of building an East European / Slav trading block. On the issue of election interference Putin offered a 10 million dollar loan to the Le Pen campaign. He thinks the EU and US were behind the Orange and Rose revolutions. The EU is urging Turkey to adopt democratic norms. Turkey abolished the death penalty and offered greater autonomy to the Kurds. Drozdiak opines that Turkey will never become an EU member as Europe's neighborhood policy is in ruins. Erdogan consolidated after the 2014 coup and rejected EU overtures. Erdogan and Gulen abolished the 'deep state.'
Washington DC: Trump has called the legitimacy of NATO into question. His 'America First' policy means negotiating down European surpluses in US trade, but Europe is too weak to stand in for US on consumption demand. We see revisionism in the east with implosion in the south. Pacifist Germany is not meeting its NATO budget requirement. Drozdiak likes the Iran deal that Trump castigates. The liberal international order has lost its luster, not least because of political dysfunction in Washington as globalization causes massive disruption. The UN, IMF,and WTO are all crumbling as the Pax Americana is weakening and isolationism increasing.

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Good Overview of the problems facing europe

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Well written and engaging, fractured continent provides a quick look at all the problems the EU faces in the decade to come. Light on answers to these problems, the book paints a very bleak picture.

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Neutral and worthy of a read

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Reveals the relationships between different European countries and the impact these relationships have on the European union , the security of the continent and socio economic progress as a whole

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