Is the European Union in decline? Recent history, from the debt and migration crises to Brexit, has led many observers to argue that the EUs best days are behind it. Over the past decade, right-wing populists have come to power in Poland, Hungary, and beyond – many of them winning elections using strident anti-EU rhetoric. At the same time, Russia poses a continuing military threat, and the rise of Asia has challenged the EUs economic power. But in Embattled Europe, renowned European historian Konrad Jarausch counters the prevailing pessimistic narrative of European obsolescence with a rousing yet realistic defense of the continent – one grounded in a fresh account of its post-1989 history and an intimate understanding of its twentieth-century horrors.
