A review by liberrydude
Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West by Christopher Caldwell

3.0

Lots of interesting info but at times it's equally fascinating, depressing, and dull. Europe will change/ has changed no doubt due to Islam and immigration but immigration has been more like colonization. At times I wasn't quite sure what the writer's intent or opinion was. He basically explains how Europe got to be in its current position-they never thought the immigrants would stay, but then they gave them generous welfare benefits. The Europe we grew up reading about will soon be extinct. Author goes into some countries in depth and actually compares Sarkozy to Nixon. EU is a manifestation of the Americanization of Europe. We provided their security during the Cold War and have not only imprinted our consumer culture but also our politics-political union of a continent. Surprisingly France offers the best hope for a multicultural nation while the UK the worst. I would have thought just the opposite. Lots of diverse disciplines(philosophy, sociology, anthropology, etc) with fair and balanced viewpoints from both sides of the aisle cited and critiqued by the author. Interesting comparisons with the USA regarding Islam and immigration throughout. Not a book to be read in haste-I don't think you could if you wanted to. It rambles at times but it covers a lot of ground.