The European Union: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Fantastic education on the European Union! I read this prior to Brexit and as a result ordered several more books in the series and they were very well done

Book was delivered in very short order. Book in good condition as represented. I am a very satisfied customer.

Very happy

If you are looking for a very technical history of the EU this book is for you.

Used the book in European Geography class, it's a quick read, concise and down to the point. Good for anybody wanting to have a quick guide on the European Union, institutions and brief history. Nothing too elaborate, but a good starting point.

I was pretty disappointed with this book. It was boring, as if written by a bureaucrat. I am interested in the topic but I was swimming in acronyms and bureaucratese. The European Union is an exciting subject, one of the most important of our age. This book just made it seem dull. Still, glad I read it, kind of like doing required reading for a required course. It did have information.

I read 1/5 of the book and couldn't understand very well how the system works. Wikipedia explained much better. Sentences are long with too many general phrases like: 'increasingly significant', 'remain much more important', 'EU has to find its place'. I expected this book to be straight to the point explanation and not some general thoughts. If you are looking for an overview, search web.

Good analysis

This was a fantastic read. Hits the mark perfectly. Concise, informative, up-to-date and well balanced. Very good mix of history, technical detail, commentary and discussion of the larger context and implications. I’ve read many books from this series and this is without doubt one of the better written titles. My thanks to the authors.

Well explained concepts about EU.

Das Büchlein fasst die Geschichte und die Begebenheiten der Europäischen Union auf einem hohen Niveau aber verständlich und kurzweilig zusammen.

The book by aim and definition is concise but meticulously written, comprehensive in its treatment, and scholarly. It is written with rigor and density and after you read it you will obtain a serious insight into the aims, structure and evolution of the EU, its institutions and functions as well as its relation with the rest of the world. This third Edition published in 2013 has undergone a radical revision brought by changes since the second Edition in 2007 such as the Lisbon Treaty and the EU fiscal crisis.The scope of the book is encapsulated in the following excerpt from the preface: 'The concern of both of us (its two authors) has been to present the ideas in a way that will help to provide a context for reasonable people, whether they lean towards a federal or intergovernmental approach to evaluate the performance of the Union and judge in which direction it should go. And we have endeavored to be scrupulous.'Take the preceding at their face value. The book is a product of labor and the product of that labor is worthy.

A very brief, but interesting and well written summary of the European Union. This book covers the history of the EU and its development in different spheres. For anyone who lacks the time to read more deeply, this is a good introduction.