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Rethinking European order: West European responses, 1989-97. (Book Reviews).
Rethinking European Order: West European Responses, 1989-97. Edited by ROBIN NIBLETT and WILLIAM WALLACE. Basingstoke: Palgrave 2001. Pp.xiv + 298, 2 maps, index. [pounds sterling]50 (cloth) ISBN 0-333-91571-2.
The book analyses and reflects on the period 1989 to 1997, when the European international order faced dramatic change: 'West European governments moved from initial brief euphoria, through American-led discourse on "European architecture", on through the confusions and uncertainties which followed the break up of Yugoslavia and Russia to gradual acceptance ... of the lands between Germany and Russia into West European institutions' (Wallace, p.268). The focus is on the debate over post-Cold War Europe, and how west European governments responded on that change. A central question is how did Western governments move from the Cold War political consensus to limited enlargement of institutions? Chapters dealing with the national agendas discuss how domestic issues restrained forming a coherent policy and consistent responses for enlarging post-Cold War Europe. The book covers domestic debates in Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain and Italy, and analyses profoundly the factors of over all change. The book clearly shows how difficult it is to redirect politics, and how Cold War mindsets dominate our thinking.
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