Andrew Moravcsik

Brexit   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Agent Running in the Field: A Novel

The former MI6 intelligence officer John le Carré takes up Brexit through a complex plot involving Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs. 

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Brexit   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

A Short History of Brexit

O’Rourke recounts the history of British involvement with Europe over the last 60 years, contextualizing Brexit.

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United Kingdom   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Twelve Days That Made Modern Britain

Hindmoor romps through 12 transformative moments in the last 40 years of British life.

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Refugees & Migration   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

The Outsiders: Refugees in Europe Since 1492

Ther, a historian, studies how refugees to Europe have been received over the years.

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Ideology   January/February 2020 Capsule Review

Metternich: Strategist and Visionary

Siemann tries to explain Metternich’s uncompromising reactionary views as a sincere response to early trauma suffered.

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Economics   January/February 2020 Review Essay

Ever-Further Union

There is little reason to put stock in Robert Menasse’s vision of Europe’s past, present, or future in The Capital.  

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World After Brexit

This book by a respected Cambridge professor seeks to predict how Brexit will affect the United Kingdom’s diplomacy and geopolitical standing. 

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Hitler: A Global Biography

Simms argues that Hitler did not see the Soviet Union as the primary obstacle to his expansionist ambitions.

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Economics   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Silk Road Trap: How China’s Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe

Holslag claims that China poses a mortal economic threat to Europe and the West.

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Protest and Power: The Battle for the Labour Party

Kogan examines the shifts in the British Labour Party. 

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Politics & Society   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

Eric Hobsbawm: A Life in History

This biography traces the life of Eric Hobsbawm, one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century and an unrepentant communist

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Refugees & Migration   November/December 2019 Capsule Review

The Unsettling of Europe: How Migration Reshaped a Continent

Gatrell's book puts today’s levels of migration to Europe in historical perspective.

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Environment   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

The Alps: An Environmental History

Jon Mathieu tells the exceptional story of the Alps, a mountain range that humans have inhabited for longer, more densely, and in more economically productive ways...

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Finance   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler

In this engaging book, Straumann, a leading Swiss economic historian, examines the role of market forces in Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.

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EU   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Dreams of Leaving and Remaining

James Meek’s book about British Euroskepticism belongs to a distinct genre of journalism in which a distinguished member of the chattering classes sallies out to...

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EU   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

Alarums and Excursions: Improvising Politics on the European Stage

Luuk van Middelaar provides an incisive analysis of how the EU managed its recent crises over refugees, Ukraine, and the euro.

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Monetary Issues   September/October 2019 Capsule Review

How to Democratize Europe

Three legal academics and a celebrated economist charge that the eurozone’s technocratic obscurantism and self-defeating tendency toward austerity exacerbate...

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Civil Society   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Ctrl-Alt-Delete: How Politics and the Media Crashed Our Democracy

Baldwin argues that digital technology has changed how people manipulate and understand politics, and he shows how deep-seated the problem is.

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Globalization   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

Governing Europe in a Globalizing World: Neoliberalism and Its Alternatives Following the 1973 Oil Crisis

Warlouzet retraces how and why European governments harmonized regulations, promoted financial and monetary integration, and suppressed traditional industrial policies.

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EU   May/June 2019 Capsule Review

The Responsive Union: National Elections and European Governance

Schneider turns conventional wisdom on its head by arguing that the EU responds to the democratic demands of its citizens. 

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