Table of Contents:
  • The global engine that keeps on going, and going, and going
  • Misperceptions, myths, and justifications explained
  • Simplifying the confusing : the "short-short" of Europe and the European Union
  • Attractive, determined, and competitive : socialism has ceased to be
  • High tech gizmos, web-surfing, cells, and not-so green power
  • The things we want in life : health, security, work, culture, and quality
  • Europe's global tentacles reach you everywhere : trade, law, business, armaments, and military operations
  • Kant and Uncle Sam : competition, coordination, and cooperation
  • Appendix A: Figures and tables
  • Appendix B: Survey of American students' views and ideas of Europe.