Reviews for Great Deception A Secret History of the European Union

The average rating for Great Deception A Secret History of the European Union based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-07-21 00:00:00 John Sweeney First off, I know that most people see the title and think, "another EU Conspiracy Theory". But like most books, they contain conclusion/opinions based off of facts. Not to say that I agree with the conclusions or theories pieced together based on those facts, but the facts in this book themselves are fascinating. I really enjoyed this book because it sheds light on something (European Union) we all know of, have heard about and for those of us born after the fact it is something that has always just been there. But what is it? Where did it come from? Sure I've read and heard the sales pitch from our salesperson authority figures, but who came up with this idea, really? Do you know? Do you want to know? Favorite Quote: "...a forth man, Paul-Henri Spaak, a prime minister of Belgium, also made his own crucial contribution. It was he who urged on his friend Monnet the idea that, initially, the most effective way to disguise their project's political purpose was to conceal it behind a pretence that it was concerned only with economic co-operation, based on dismantling trade barriers: a 'common market'." (Hmmm...Did I mention that you should read the CFR report, Building a North American Community?)

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-14 00:00:00 Robert Yaste I read the 2005 edition of this scholarly book that revealed the long term deceptions by many national leaders and behind-the-scenes operators intent on trapping the nations of Europe into a political unification by convincing the people of the nations chosen to be included that what was being done all along was just the building of a "common market" or free trade between nations to bring them prosperity. All the while the true intent was to build economic union as a precursor to political union. National independence would thus be sacrificed to a new supranational government without most of the citizens of the nations involved knowing what was being done to the. It's often slow reading, but It begins in the World War I time frame so there's much to be covered.