The author of this text argues that an ideology is sweeping Europe and the world which threatens democracy and the rule of law. The "post-national ideology", which posits that nation-states are no longer capable of running their own affairs in a modern, interdependent economy, is shown to confuse the constitution of a state with the power of its government, and to ignore the importance of the sense of community essential to democratic debate. Laughland seeks to provide a synthesis of historical and philosophical arguments, and make a powerful appeal in favour of the constitutional foundations of the liberal order. Post-national structures - multinational companies, "region-states" and supranational organizations such as the European Union - are argued to be corrosive of liberal values; the author shows the ideology as a crucial core of Nazi economic and political thinking.
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'Original and challenging' -- Max Beloff, Times Literary Supplement
* 'Cannot be ignored by anyone who holds strong opinions on the future of Europe' Anne Applebaum, -- Evening Standard
* 'Cannot be ignored by anyone who holds strong opinions on the future of Europe' Anne Applebaum, -- Evening Standard
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Renowned as a commentator on European affairs for the WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE, the SPECTATOR and the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, John Laughland taught politics and philosophy in Paris for five years at the Sorbonne.
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This superbly written book shows the Euro project as it really is; the desire to abolish European nation states; to exert control over all aspects of human & economic behaviour; to create a protectionist trading bloc. Detailed research shows the contempt shown (particularly by the French) of genuine free trade, and the political motives of the so-called European Court. Anybody interested in freedom & democracy must read this book.
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John Laughland has created a masterful political and historic study that uniquely champions the cause and nobility of the sovereignty of individual nation states and their right to enjoy those liberal political values and democratic social freedoms that the Anglo-Saxon peoples have always enjoyed and globally championed.
The Tainted Source graphically demonstrates that the political, social and even intellectual freedom of all citizens of the EU are today in dire peril because of the dark and secret political agenda of a German-inspired, EU ambition to break the commercial power and world influence of, principally, the United States; but also any other liberal, freedom-loving nation-state, especially those current and former peoples of the British Commonwealth.
This well kept secret ambition towards a German-orchestrated EU Superstate has been fully supported every step of the way by France, who hopes to share power at any ultimate, world decision-making table. We are shown, that in order to realise this, the EU has, and will continue, to absorb most European nations into its sinister orbit; even having firm plans (already in motion) to closely affiliate itself with Russia, as it attempts to dominate international politics and commerce for all time. Simultaneously, the EU is actively attempting to suppress freedom of intellectual thought and choice within its expanded 'new imperial' frontiers, by spinning a powerful and consistent web of lies and deceit designed to mask the EU's true ambition and also to allay most suspicions until it is too late for any individual nation to offer a legitimate democratic resistance to this age-old Teutonic ambition!
The history has been very carefully researched and John Laughland's facts are flawless, and yet this intellectual, highly-informed author writes with the fluency of Stephen King. No citizen of Europe or the USA can afford not to be aware of this book and its secrets revealed, for once revealed, the facts become fairly disturbing.
An absolutely fascinating book for all cross-sections of today's increasingly well-informed generations; a work of great scope yet pin-point accuracy that is not afraid to leave the reader with a tremendous sense of unease because all things European are not always quite what they appear to be.
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This is a superb book, very well researched, in depth, and with many expositions of important and interesting related topics along the way of which I had little or no previous knowledge, eg the Classical Gold Standard and the effect on world economics of its being abandoned at the outbreak of WW1. But of course the central topic is the EU and how many developments which we are currently witnessing such as the single currency and a Central Bank had already been planned by Hitler or even earlier. Throughout WW2 a common Nazi theme was that the 3rd Reich was, in effect, actually doing Europe a favour and that the other European countries should gladly embrace a united Europe, whilst acknowledging Germany as the strong centre of it. Sounds familiar?
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