Encyclopedia of the European Union

At last, a real encyclopaedia! No fuzzy thematic approach, no pictures, no lengthy editorial heart‐searching, no “How to use this book” preface, no gimmicky boxes, no “study aids”, and no over‐hyped blurb. Just a sober, straightforward, detailed, lucid, comprehensive, factual, indexed, and beautifully laid‐out, meaty encyclopaedia. I must confess to a sinking heart when I first saw this 570‐page dull‐blue hardbacked tome on that, surely, greyist of all grey subjects, the European Union. “No riveting read tonight!” I thought to myself. But I take my hat off to Desmond Dinan, his advisory board, his international team of 101 contributors, and...