Genuinely interesting, the author points out that displays of military vigor were wide spread in Europe at the start of the 20th century and all nations prepared for war by the end of the century despite many EU discussions no EU nation really expects, prepares or intends war. He details the largely forgotten peace movements of the early 1900's and refers to works of that time predicting that any war would be ruinous.WW1 follows and the aftermath with pacifists trying again to advance the cause of peace while militarism took hold in other nations and individuals resulting in an even more destructive war. The development of the EEC and the preference for butter not guns and the success of this. With the close of the cold war various announcements of the EU foreign policy ambitions were made. However presented with collapse of Yugoslavia Europe could neither comprehend the attitudes nor respond effectively. The book was published in 2007 so Libya and the French in North Africa were beyond its scope ( )