Embattled Europe

A Progressive Alternative

Konrad H. Jarausch

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English

Princeton University Press
01 March 2025

Regional studies; General & world history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Central government policies

Is the European Union in decline? Recent history, from the debt and migration crises to Brexit, has led many observers to argue that the EU's best days are behind it. Over the past decade, right-wing populists have come to power in Poland, Hungary, and beyond

many of them winning elections using strident anti-EU rhetoric. At the same time, Russia poses a continuing military threat, and the rise of Asia has challenged the EU's economic power. But in Embattled Europe, renowned European historian Konrad Jarausch counters the prevailing pessimistic narrative of European obsolescence with a rousing yet realistic defense of the continent

one grounded in a fresh account of its post1989 history and an intimate understanding of its twentieth-century horrors.

An engaging narrative and probing analysis, Embattled Europe tells the story of how the EU emerged as a model of democratic governance and balanced economic growth, adapting to changing times while retaining its value system. The book describes the EU's admirable approach to the environment, social welfare, immigration, and global competitiveness. And it presents under appreciated European success stories

including Denmark's transition to a green economy, Sweden's restructuring of its welfare state, and Poland's economic miracle.

Embattled Europe makes a powerful case that Europe

with its peaceful foreign policy, social welfare solidarity, and environmental protection

offers the best progressive alternative to the military adventurism and rampant inequality of plutocratic capitalism and right-wing authoritarianism.

'Embattled Europe is a spirited and insightful defense of the European model that shows why it offers a progressive alternative for liberal democracies

and why America can learn from the successes and failures of the European Union and individual European countries since 1989.'

Mary Nolan, author of The Transatlantic Century: Europe and America, 1890-2010

'Jarausch, a leading expert on the subject, offers a thought-provoking and original interpretation of all the key dimensions that constitute the complex history of today's Europe.'

Kiran Klaus Patel, author of Project Europe: A History

By: Konrad H. Jarausch
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780691225531
ISBN 10: 0691225532
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Konrad H. Jarausch is the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His many books include Out of Ashes: A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century and Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century (both Princeton). He lives in Chapel Hill and Berlin.

Reviews for Embattled Europe: A Progressive Alternative

""Provocative. . . . A useful corrective to the pervasive and misleading Europe-bashing that often occupies the global press.""---Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs