Mixed messages on European unity

Review by Christopher Caldwell of a new book by David Marquand called 'The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe'. Reviewer suggest that champions of the European Union find that its double standards hamper the high-minded aim to promote democracy beyond the continent.

David Marquand: The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe (Princeton University Press, 2011). Link to publisher http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9396.html

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