Project Europe
A History

‘Project Europe is a fascinating reflection on themes in the history of the European Community. It is authoritative, insightful, entertaining, thought provoking, original, and highly readable. The acuity of Patel's approach to the subject leaps out of every page.' Desmond Dinan, author of Europe Recast: A History of European Union

‘Patel has written an excellent critical history of European integration that looks at its subject from new angles and compels the reader to realize that the history of the EU is anything but a story of gradual institutional progress towards a politically unified continent.' Mark Gilbert, author of European Integration: A Concise History

‘This is a critical but sympathetic history of European integration which strips away many of the popular myths in order to appreciate the EU's real achievements and to refocus the discussion about its current crisis and future prospects.' Konrad H. Jarausch, author of Out of Ashes: A New History of Europe in the Twentieth Century

‘Patel's study is the most stimulating attempt to understand the development of European integration process since Alan Milward's The European Rescue of the Nation State. Each of its thematic chapters brims with ideas and insight. This is a really important book.' Piers Ludlow, author of Roy Jenkins and the European Commission Presidency, 1976-1980: At the Heart of Europe

'A provocative and original interpretation of European integration, arguing that the EU’s institutions, norms, economic power, and importance in Europe and the world developed primarily in the 1970s and 1980s. A must read for anyone interested in the past complexities, present problems and future prospects of the European project.' Mary Nolan, author of The Transatlantic Century: Europe and America, 1890–2010