Description: This new edition of Historical Dictionary of the European Union has a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, member states, internal policies, extern...
Review Quotes: "Because the previous edition of the Historical Dictionary of the European Union was written ten years ago (by differentauthors), much has changed in the Union andelsewhere, so there was certainly a need forthis new one, which presents 380 entries ofbetween 20 and 1000 words on its institutionsor subordinate bodies, treaties, procedures, policies, personalities and technical terms, together with articles on its member states, other associated countries and internationalorganisations.... The EU presents peculiardifficulties to the compilers of reference works, owing to its uniquely complex structure andprocedure, compared with those of a nationalstate and the frequent opacity of its language...butthe author has the talent to explain them in acomparatively straightforward way. In the usual manner of this series, the main text is supplemented by a list of abbreviations and acronyms; a chronology from 1946 to the end of 2014; several maps showing the growth of the Union (and photographs of some of its leading personalities) and a long introduction amounting to a history of European integration and an analysis of its principles." --Reference Reviews