kognosko
Price: £47.97
In stock
woodys-uk
Price: £49.43
In stock
12 used & new from £4.29
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
United States of Europe : The Superpower No-One Talks About
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

United States of Europe : The Superpower No-One Talks About (Paperback)

by T.R. Reid (Author) "The Lardburgers were going at it again ..." (more)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


5 new from £47.69 7 used from £4.29
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 21 used & new from £1.76
Paperback (Reprint) 20 used & new from £0.62
Hardcover (Large Print) 2 used & new from £18.00
12 Days of Christmas Sale in Books
12 Days of Christmas Sale in Books
Get up to 65% off some of our top titles. Shop now

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   2008: God's Last Warning opens new browser window
www.the-end.com  -  The downfall of the US has begun with economic collapse being first 
   T.R. Reid Book Summary opens new browser window
CapitolReader.com  -  Save time with the summary of "The United States of Europe" 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The European Superpower

The European Superpower

by John McCormick
3.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £18.39
The Next Superpower?: The Rise of Europe and Its Challenge to the United States

The Next Superpower?: The Rise of Europe and Its Challenge to the United States

by Rockwell A. Schnabel
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £13.95
The European Union as a Global Actor

The European Union as a Global Actor

by Charlotte Bretherton
£20.57
The United States of Europe (Federal Trust)

The United States of Europe (Federal Trust)

by Guy Verhofstadt
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £8.99
The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-first Century

The Breaking of Nations: Order and Chaos in the Twenty-first Century

by Robert Cooper
4.5 out of 5 stars (4)  £5.62
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (7 Jul 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141023171
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141023175
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 326,135 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

How did Europe become a superpower while America wasn't paying attention? Here, American journalist T. R. Reid takes an enlightening tour of the United States of Europe' - the borderless collection of countries with more people and wealth than America. With his trademark wit and wisdom he explains the often-bewildering ins and outs of the European Union and the culture its nations have come to share - from the common pastime of America bashing and the kitsch joys of the Eurovision Song Contest to the skyrocketing success of the Euro, trouncing the once-mighty dollar in strength. And he tells many individual stories of this drama, including the astonishing takeover of all-American products by European companies, the English greengrocer who became a Metric Martyr' and of the new breed of twenty and thirty-somethings known as 'Generation E'. Essential for readers on both sides of the Atlantic, The United States of Europe is an insightful and entertaining guide to a New Europe that now makes the world's rules, whether America likes it or not


About the Author

Tom Reid was head of The Washington Post's London bureau, where he chronicled the rise of the European Union, pondering the Eurovision Song Contest and the provision of free health care. He has covered four presidential campaigns for the newspaper, as well as headed their bureau in Tokyo. He is the author of three books in Japanese, and five in English.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
The Lardburgers were going at it again. Read the first page
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
united states of europe
the united states of europe - reid
the united states of europe

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

United States of Europe : The Superpower No-One Talks About
86% buy the item featured on this page:
United States of Europe : The Superpower No-One Talks About 4.2 out of 5 stars (6)
The European Superpower
5% buy
The European Superpower 3.0 out of 5 stars (2)
£18.39
The United States of Europe (Federal Trust)
4% buy
The United States of Europe (Federal Trust) 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£8.99
The Next Superpower?: The Rise of Europe and Its Challenge to the United States
3% buy
The Next Superpower?: The Rise of Europe and Its Challenge to the United States 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£13.95
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

6 Reviews
5 star:
 (2)
4 star:
 (3)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Insight into American Psyche, 14 Dec 2004
By Alasdair Wilkie "Alasdair_Wilkie" (Wokingham, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy (Hardcover)
I bought this book at the airport in Boston, and whilst not a book that one would expect to read in a single sitting it really enthralled me.

Being a European I found the insight into what American's thought about Europe very interesting, Mr Reid shows that whilst America is undeniably the world's military superpower they (the Americans) have not grasped the fact that economically they are no longer "top dog"

I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in politics, and or economics.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A refreshing and engaging analysis - even for non americans!, 29 Sep 2006
By Andrew Smith (Liphook, Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy (Hardcover)
Given the general historical if not cultural disinterest of the US as regards Europe, this is a refreshingly frank analaysis of why Americans would do very well to pay attention to what is going on in the EU.

It's a book written by an American author and aimed principally at an American audience, and as such is very revealing about what the US - from government through businesses and corporations to individual citizens - knows and thinks about the EU, its member states and institutions. Reid explains that in some notable cases, major US corporations have seriously misunderstood or misjudged the EU with disatrous financial and reputational consequences.

In fact, so important is Europe as a market for American goods that it is the EU rules on product design, content and safety which have become standard in the US, even though the US own rules are less onerous.

The book is a cracking crtique of the conventional US attitude and is written in a lively engaging way. It is a very enjoyable read. However the author in my (admittedly European) view does make some mistakes of terminology and understanding which shows that a little extra research might have usefully been carried out. But this does not detract from the overall, important theme.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars the best of a bad lot, 30 Jan 2007
By Euro Waltz (Limerick, Ireland) - See all my reviews
As a Phd student in the EU's international presence I have been forced to keep up to date with the plethora of pop-academic books which have been published on the EU as 'a new superpower', 'running the 21st century' or the new 'super-state'. While all of these books are generally well written, with some factual errors particularly on the part of Leonard in 'Why Europe will run the 21st Century', for students of European Politics these books should be read with a large pinch of salt. While they are interesting reads they are not academic texts and they are based on no particular theoretical framework. Undergraduates beware!!

That said, the Reid book has no particular academic claim, and reads all the better for it. Not only is Reid's book lucid and well researched but also by not having an academic claim of any sort you don't get the impression that the predictions in the book are those of fact, developed through any sort of objective, rational process of deduction, but the impressions of an experienced and thoughtful journalist. Quite considerably more useful than pieces of pamphleteering on the parts of academics wearing their EU-phile hats.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and informative
Good book full of witty anecdotes which leaves the reader sufficiently satisfied that they have increased their understanding of the power, both potential and realised, of the EU,... Read more
Published 18 months ago by NCM1

3.0 out of 5 stars Generally excellent read let down by glaring factual errors
T. R. Reid's analysis of the U.S. and Europe is a generally fascinating book, introducing the average reader to some of the inner workings of European organisations that might... Read more
Published 19 months ago by I. Snow

5.0 out of 5 stars Readable look at Europe's superpower potential
This concise, well-written discussion of the new Europe is a useful introduction to the history of the European Union. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2007 by Rolf Dobelli

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
European Uunion 0 October 2007
› See all discussions...  
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject













i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.